wundts introspection

Question 1

negative (unreliable)

Answer 1

-relied on nonobservable responses
-lack of reliability in method
-introspective experimental results were not reliably reproducible in other labs

Question 2

negative (appropriate)

Answer 2

-scientific approach not always appropriate
-if human behaviour is not subject to laws implied by simple science then predictions are impossible and methods are inappropriate
-consequence is that it is inferential
-unobservable cannot be measured with accuracy

Question 3

negative (accurate)

Answer 3

-Nisbett and Wilson claim we have little knowledge of the causes of and processes underlying our behaviour and attitudes
-problem significant in studying implicit attitudes
-because attitudes exist outside of conscious awareness, self reports would not cover them

Question 4

positive (useful)

Answer 4

-still useful in scientific psychology
-hunter and Csikszentmihalyi (2003) used introspective methods as making happiness a measurable phenomenon- beepers that went of so they would record
-found they were happier when focused on challenging task
-allows us to know conditions that affects happiness and allow us to improve quality of our lives