Wundt Flashcards
Who is Wundt ?
The father of psychology who created the first psychology lab in 1879 in Leibniz Germany
How did Wundt establish psychology as a science
By opening the first psychology lab in 1879 and moving psychology away from the realms of philosophy
Introspection is
The process of breaking up consciousness into thoughts images and sensations. It’s a form of structuralism
Wundt pos
-Methods of introspection still relevant today
-Griffith, introspection,gamblers,think out loud,irrational thought process
-The theory is still applicable in a modern world
-+IV and EV
Wundt neg
-Approach lays primarily in non-observable responses
-Only report your own conscious, subjective
-results can’t be replicated
-undermines the usefulness bc pavlov is better
Problems with introspection
-Clients may lie
-May not know what they feel
-Lacks accuracy
-People in denial
What are standardized procedures
Stimuli presented in the same order
Script for participants
Eg. Ticking metronome
17-19 century
Psychology is experimental philosophy
1879
Wundt opens the first experimental psychology lab
1900s
Freud establishes psychodynamic approach (unconscious mind)
1913
Watson and Skinner establish the behavioral approach
1950’s
Humanistic approach
Free will
1950s
The digital computer creates the cognitive approach and mental processes
1960s
Bandura
Social learning theory
Cognitive+behavioral
1980 +
Biological approach
