Wundt Flashcards

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Considered ‘the father of psychology’
Established the first psychological laboratory in Germany
1873- Published the first book on psychology
1879- Opened the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany
The approach of structuralism

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Structuralism

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To study the structure of the human mind, breaking down behaviours into their basic elements

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Introspection

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Latin ‘looking into’
Participants asked to reflect on their own cognitive processes and describe them
Wundt established psychology as a science- using the scientific method, leading to multiple different psychological perspectives

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