Wundt

Question 1

What did Wundt do?

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‘Father of Psychology’
Founded first psychology lab in Leipzig 1870s
One of first to publish books on psychology

Question 2

How did Wundt change thinking?

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Switched from philosophical roots to controlled research
First to use controlled environments to study general theories on mental processes

Question 3

Introspection

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Promoted by Wundt
Analysis of own conscious experience to a stimulus

Question 4

Nisbett + Wilson

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Introspection in self awareness is not possible

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Strength of Wundt

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• Drew attention to more empirical methods of study
• First evidence into the research into the cog approach

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Weaknesses of Wundt

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• Too subjective - methods allow for too much interpretation
• Introspection has never been reliably reproduced
• Overstated role - psychologists such as Pavlov / Watson much more integral