Origins of Psychology: AO1

Wundt and introspection

• Wudnt established the first psychology lab: opened in Germany, 1879, aim was to describe the nature of the mind in a controllled environment.
• Wudnt pioneered introspection: the first systematic experimental attempt to study the mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts and images. Isolating consciousness in this way is called structuralism.
• Standardised procedures: same standardised instructions were given to all pp's and procedures could be replicated.
• Significance of Wudnt's work: it marked the seperation of modern scientific psychology from its broader philosophical roots.

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