Origins of pyschology

What was Wundt's view of psychology?(1832-1920)
What were his goals?

He viewed it as a scientific study of conscious experience, he aimed to study structure of human mind. He used structuralism to do this by breaking down behaviours into basic elements.

To identify components of consciousness, and how they combine to resu

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What is introspection?

Introspection is the process by which a person gains knowledge about their own mental states as a result of examination/observation of their conscious thoughts and feelings. It's a result of looking inwards. Wundt used introspection to back up his theorie

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What is empiricism?

What is a scientific method?
What is the scientific cycle?

All knowledge is derived from sensory experience.

Refers to use of investigative methods that are objective systematic and replicable.
1. objective, systematic, replicable
2. building, refining, falsifying
3.development/testing

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What were the requirements of Wundt's introspection?
Why were Wundt's methods criticised?

Trained observers/ repeatable stimuli. Negative

For his structuralist approach by behaviourists as his methods mostly relied on non-observable responses. The processes themselves were seen as unobservable constructions. Lack of reliability, not reliably

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How did psychology emerge as a branch of science?

Had to adapt to the methods of natural science like biology/chemistry to flourish as a subject of its own matter.

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What was Wundt's contribution to the emergence of psychology as a science?

Used structualism, • Wundt founded the Institute of Experimental Psychology
• Wundt published one of the first books on psychology, helping to establish the subject as an
independent branch of science
• Wundt’s identification of higher mental processes (

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What was Watsons and skinners contribution to psychology as a science?

Brought that language and methods of natural sciences into psychology, the behaviourists focused on scientific processes involved in learning as well as the use of carefully controlled lab experiments, which would go on to dominate the discipline for deca

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