wilhelm wundt and introspection Flashcards
Who was Wilhelm Wundt?
A german Psychologist and Physiologist who was known as the ‘father of modern psychology’
What did Wundt develop?
experimental psychology where he applied scientific method
Where was the first psychology lab developed?
Leipzig, Germany
When was the first psychology lab created?
1879
What is introspection?
examining ones own conscious thoughts and feelings
What type of experiments did Wundt use?
controlled experiments
What type of observation did Wundt use?
empirical observation
What was Wundt’s focus on studying?
conscious experience
What did Wundt’s experiments create?
a clear shift is psychology as a science
What did Wundt’s experimental methods do?
paves the way for future methods
Is introspection still used today?
yes
What psychologists use introspection in the modern day?
hunter
What was eliminated in introspective lab experiments?
extraneous variables
When others tested wundts findings, their results often differed, what does this question?
the reliability
What is operationalisation?
putting something into a measurable scale.
What is operationalisation?
putting something into a measurable scale.
Can introspective data be operationalised?
no
What does the c in CROFT stand for?
controlled
What does the r in CROFT stand for?
replicable
What does the o in CROFT stand for?
objective
What does the f in CROFT stand for?
falsifiable
What does the t in CROFT stand for?
testable
Were Wundt’s experiments controlled?
yes
Were Wundt’s experiments replicable?
technique yes, findings no
Were Wundt’s experiments objective?
no, he was criticised for being too subjective.
Were Wundt’s experiments falsifiable?
There is no proof of what’s going on inside your head, so no
Were Wundt’s experiments testable?
yes
