wundt

Question 1

outline wundts method of introspection (3 marks)

Answer 1

-people presented with standardised sensory events eg. a ticking metronome and asked them to report their reactions
-people trained to do the analysis to make the data objective rather than subjective
-introspection is systematic analysis of your conscious mind, thoughts and feelings by reporting them
-he followed structuralism, breaking down the mind into its separate parts
-such as sensation, emotional reactions

Question 2

strength of wundt

Answer 2

P-one strength of wundts work is that some of his methods were systematic and controlled
E- All introspections were recorded in a controlled lab environment to ensure that EVs were not a factor. Procedures and instructions were standardised to ensure that al Ps received the same info and were tested in the same way
T-this means that his work can be considered the beginning of pysch being viewed as a science, this led the way for more scientific approaches such as behaviourism

Question 3

wundt limitation

Answer 3

P- the use of subjective data that would be considered unscientific today
E- he relied on his Ps to self report their mental processes. they may have hidden some of their thoughts. this data makes it difficult to establish ‘laws of behaviour’. these general laws are used to predict future behaviour(one of the aims of science)
T- this means that his early efforts to study the mind would not meet the criteria of scientific enquiry

Question 4

ao1 his role in the emergence of pysch as a science

Answer 4

-he founded the institute of experimental psych
-description of structuralism
-published one of the 1st books on psych helping to establish the subject as an independent branch of science
-use of scientific methos to study the structure of sensation and perception
-use of introspection in controlled studies

Question 5

when was his book published

Answer 5

1873

Question 6

the 1st pysch lab

Answer 6

1879 in Leipzig Germany

Question 7

structuralism

Answer 7

breaking down the mind into its separate parts such as sensation, emotional reactions

Question 8

how was introspection scientific

Answer 8

-all introspections were recorded under strictly controlled conditions
-standardised instructions were used, allowing procedures to be replicated