Wundt Flashcards

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What is introspection?

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Gaining knowledge about mental emotion/ state by observing conscious thoughts/feelings

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What did Wundt do?

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Set up first ever lab dedicated to psychology in Germany 1879.

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Why did Wundt set up this lab?

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Wanted to separate psychology from philosophy.

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How did Wundt study Psychology?

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In a structured scientific way.
Intropsection

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Why is introspection scientific?

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Strictly controlled conditions.
Standardised procedure - repeated - reliability.

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Aim of Introspection

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Analyse mind by breaking it down to simplest most basic elements - piecing basic elements together to understand how they from complex experiences - known as structuralism

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What did Wundt do after introspection?

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Went on to create general theories about human mental processes

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Strengths

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Start of cognitive psychology - uses scientific methods - would cognitive psychology exist today without Wundt?
Scientific discipline - if no lab set up by Wundt, may still have philosophical roots - psychology may have never gained status

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Weakenesses

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Private experiences and thoughts not observable - difficult to measure - experiences reported by participants we subjective - behaviourists disagree
Lack of reliability - lack of consistency across participants - across other psychologists findings - could not establish general theories about the mind.

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