INTROSPECTION

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What is the definition of introspection?

Where an individual reflects on their own thoughts-a systematic analysis of one’s own conscious experience in response to a stimulus.

What are 2 examples of stimulus’ for introspection?

Ticking metronome and bird song.

What did Wilhelmina Wundt show about introspection?

That it could be used to study mental states in replicable laboratory experiments (controlled environments) to establish general theories about mental processes.

Why was Wilhelm Wundt criticised?

-It relied on people revealing their own private subjective experience

-It could not be replicated

-It was seen as subjective which contrasts the objectivity of the scientific process

Who used introspection to study the cognitive experience of fruit machine players?

Griffiths (1994)

Who used introspection to study happiness at work?

Csikentmilyi + Hunter (2003)

Who was seen to make greater contributions than Wundt?

Pavlov

Why were Pavlov’s contibutions seen as ‘greater’ than Wundt’s?

-They were reliable with explanatory principles

-They were generalisable

They kept with the scientific approach

Introspection broke peoples thoughts down into what?

There component parts (e.g sensations and feelings)

Individuals were trained to analyse Introspection to make the data what?

Objective rather than subjective