Wundt Flashcards
What is introspection?
Documenting and describing the nature of human consciousness/mental processes
What is structuralism?
The process of isolating the structure of consciousness into their constituent parts
Why was Wundts study considered scientific?
Because his introspections were recorded under controlled conditions and all participants had the same, standardized instructions
What did Wundt open? When? Where?
The first ever lab
1879
Germany
What was the issue with Wundts introspection?
The data produced was subjective
—> this means that it was based on personal opinions, so it varied from person to person
What was Wundts aim?
To record thoughts and sensations and analyze them into their constituent parts
What was Wundt known as?
The father of psychology
How did Wundt help in the emergence psychology as a science?
Did research in scientific, controlled conditions
Introspection still used today
Opened first lab
