AO1 Origins of psychology: Wundt, introspection and the emergence of psychology as a science

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Psychology

The scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those functions affecting behaviour in a given context.

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Science

A means of acquiring knowledge through systematic and objective investigation. The aim is to discover general laws.

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Introspection

The first systematic experimental attempt to study the mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic brain structures of thoughts, images and sensations.

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Wundt wanted to study

The structure of the human mind using introspection, as he believed that consciousness could be broken down to its basic elements, so the structure of the mind could be deduced.

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