Wundt and the origins of Psychology Flashcards
What feature of a science outlines the idea of forming theories and creating a prediction in order to test this
Forming a testable hypothesis
What feature of a science outlines the idea of maintaining high controls to help establish cause and effect
High internal validity
What feature of a science outlines the idea of replication of results and consistency of findings
Reliability
What feature of a science outlines the idea of creating factual evidence rather than thoughts and opinions
Objectivity
Where was the first lab that was dedicated to Psychology, located?
Leipzig, Germany
Did Wundt publish books and articles detailing his findings?
Yes
what was Wundt’s theory called? this theory outlined the need to break down conscious experience
Structuralism
Wundt created a method that helped break down conscious experience, what was this called?
Introspection
If i was to make a decision on what someone may be thinking based on their observed behaviour, this would be a?
Inference
A common stimulus that Wundt used during introspection was?
A metronome
Introspection took place in controlled conditions to help increase?
internal validity
Wundt was criticised because his method was seen as too?
Subjective