Wundt + emergence

Question 1

Wilhelm Wundt

Answer 1

one of the founding figure of modern day psychology
The first ‘psychologist’

Question 2

when was the first psychology lab opened?

Answer 2

1879

Question 3

what was Wundts approach called?

Answer 3

structuralism

Question 4

where was the fist psychology lab?

Answer 4

Leipzig, Germany

Question 5

what is the aim of structuralism?

Answer 5

to study the structure of the human mind

Question 6

what type of approach did Wundt use?

Answer 6

introspection

Question 7

give a disadvantage of Wundts approach

Answer 7

lack of generalisability
(typically only experimented on 1 or 2 people)

Question 8

give a disadvantage of introspection

Answer 8

cannot be used on children or people with complex mental disorders
results not always reliable

Question 9

explain introspection

Answer 9

observing and describing someones inner mental state
to break up conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts, images and feelings

Question 10

give an advantage of introspection

Answer 10

replicable