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The world’s first lab for experimental psychology was set up by …
DWilhelm Wundt
By making observations in a controlled environment, to understand cause and effect, Wundt was using the
scientific process or scientific method .
Before the scientific method was applied, psychology has only been in the realm of …
Bphilosophy
Wundt studied the mind using …
Cstimuli presented to the participants in the lab.
The first ever experimental psychology lab was set up by Wilhelm Wundt, in …
DLeipzig, Germany, in 1879
When Wundt believed that he could apply reductionism to the human mind, he meant that …
Cit could be explained in terms of its simpler parts.
Wundt believed that he could apply to studying the .
Wundt believed that he could apply reductionism to studying the mind or human mind .
Wundt believed that he could apply reductionism to studying the human mind. This would mean that he could …
CWundt could explain the mind in terms of its simpler parts.
By observing the participant’s responses, Wundt would not be using introspection because …
Bthe participants aren’t describing their own mental processes.
How could Patty have used introspection in her research about puppies curing depression?
BBy asking participants to describe what they were thinking and feeling while they played with puppies.
Wundt used introspection when studying his participants responses to stimuli, where participants …
described their own mental processes.
Wundt was the first person to apply the scientific to psychology.
Wundt was the first person to apply the scientific methods to psychology.
When situational variables are controlled, we call this
standardisation .
Wundt wrote down the methods of his studies, which makes the studies…
Breplicable.
The big strength of Wundt’s research is that…
Bhe was the first to apply the scientific method to psychology.
Wundt applied the scientific method by…
Cmaking his studies replicable.
Acontrolling all his situational variables.
When a study is replicated, and the results are not consistent, we say the study lacks
Reliability
By not directly observing anything, Wundt’s studies did not have any
Empirical evidence
By not having any empirical evidence, this makes Wundt’s research…
Bless scientific.
Question 2. Describe the method used by Wundt in his research.
Wundt used the scientific method to study the mind. He did this by testing participants in a controlled environment, to understand cause and effect. In his experiments, he would present participants with a stimulus on repeated occasions, and he would ask participants to report their experience of the stimulus through introspection.
Question 5. Which of the following are strengths of Wundt’s research?
Wundt’s big strength was that he was the first to apply the scientific method. In doing so, he also managed to control for situational variables, by testing in the lab. By noting down how he did his research, he was able to make it replicable, another strength of the research.
Question 6. Explain why Wundt’s research was not very scientific.
Wundt’s research was not very scientific for two reasons. Firstly, Wundt did not obtain the same results consistently whenever he tested the same participants, and so, his research lacked reliability. Secondly, Wundt did not use direct observations in his research, and so his research did not use empirical evidence.
