Wundt, Introspection and Psychology as a science

What was psychology seen as in the 17th - 19th Century

What was it known as

Seen as a branch of psychology

Experimental philosophy

Who opened the first experimental psychology lab

When was it opened

William Wundt

1879

What approach did Freud come up with in the 1900s

What therapy did he develop as a result

The Psychodynamic Approach

Psychoanalysis therapy

What approach was established by Skinner in 1913

How was this approach established

Which approaches were most dominant at this time

Skinner established the Behaviourist Approach

John B Watson wrote the book "Psychology as the behaviourist views it"

Psychodynamic and Behaviourist approach

What approach contrasting the Hum + Psych approach was developed

When was this developed

What other theory was Also introduced at this time

Why was it introduced

Maslow and Rogers developed the Humanistic Approach

1950s

The Cognitive approach

Due to the Introduction of Computers

Which theory was proposed in the 1960s

Who proposed this theory

Which theories did it bridge the gap between

Social learning theory

Albert Bandura

Cognitive + Behaviourism

What approach was established as the dominant scientific approach from the 1980s onwards

What advances caused it to become most dominant

Biological approach

Due to advances in technology + increase in understanding of brain/biological processes

What approach was established on around the 2000s

What 2 approaches dd it combine

Cognitive Neuroscience

Biological + Cognitive

What is introspection

Examination of ones sensations, perceptions and thought

What did Wundt find out about introspection

It was too subjective and could not be replicated making it unreliable.

When was the first experimental lab opened

Who opened it

1879 by Wundt

Who is Wundt

Key things he did

Father of Psychology

- Opened first psychology lab in 1879

- Separated Psychology from Philosophy

- Promoted Introspection to study mental processes

- Paved the way for Controlled research + Study of Mental proecesses

Describe Wundt's role in the development of psychology (6 marks)

- Father of Psychology

- Separated Psychology from Philosophy

- Set up the first psychology lab in 1879

- Promoted use of Introspection to study mental processes

- His process was to analyse an experience in term of its component parts eg sensations, emotion

- His work paved way for controlled research and the study of mental processes

Wundts research used standardised instructions. Explain one strength of using standardised instructions in research. (2 marks)

- Every participant recieves the same instructions

- Their behaviour is more likely to be affected by the Independent Variable as intended rather than Confounding Variables