Wundt

Question 1

What is Wundt known as

Answer 1

Father of experimental psychology

Question 2

Structuralism

Answer 2

A method to study and measure conscious experiences based on the idea that conscious experience can be broken down into basic conscious
Concrete concept. First define it in order to measure it
Structure of the brain, structure of the mind. We have ways of figuring out what the brain is thinking (Given the same amount of time to think about what love is then different people will have similar answers )

Question 3

Introspection

Answer 3

Wundt described introspection as the process of objectively examining and measuring one’s own thoughts and mental activities
EX: abstract different for every individual ( how do you define love, using five senses to define love)

Question 4

What was psychology’s first experiment

Answer 4

Atom of the mind

Question 5

What was the experiment of Atoms of the mind

Answer 5

Participants were in different room and received sound stimulus, reaction to the sound was to push a button and the reaction time was measured
(Wundt believed if psychologist could understand the basic elements of conscious experience they could understand the mind

Question 6

What school was associated with James

Answer 6

Harvard

Question 7

Who was the first American psychologist

Answer 7

William James

Question 8

What did James develop

Answer 8

Functionalism, psychology’s second school of thought

Question 9

What. Did James focus on

Answer 9

He focused on how the mind allows people to function in the real world and adapt to our surroundings .

Question 10

What’s the difference between Wundt and James ``

Answer 10

James was interested in the operation of the whole mind instead of its individual parts