Wundt, Introspection & emergence of psychology as a science

Wundt. introspection & emergence of psychology as a science

What was Wundt the first psychologist to do whaat?

Wundt was the first to attempt to use scientific method to examine the mind & behaviours

When and where did he open the 1st psychology lab?

He opened the 1st psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany in 1879.

What did Wundt’s ideas consist of?

His ideas consisted of using Controlled, Standardised, Fixed & Repeatable methods that could produce consistent & comparable data on psychological phenomena.

What could the consistent & comparable data on psychological phenomena could contribute to?

The consistent & comparable data on psychological phenomena could contribute to universal facts & laws: putting psychology as same level as ‘natural sciences.’

What has Wundt’s idea been adopted by?

Wundt’s idea has been adopted by psychological approaches: Behaviourism, Social Learning Theory, the Cognitive & Biological Approach.

What was Introspection the first __ method?

Introspection was the first “scientific” method to be used in Psychology

What did Introspection involve?

Introspection involved

• gathering a group of participants (PPTs) or sample

• expose each PPT to a series of stimuli (different objects/ sounds)

• this was recorded under 3 fixed categories: sensations, images & thoughts.

What was kept the same during Introspection?

Introspection had each ppt having the same instructions & same stimuli in the same order

What did the Introspection’s steps make the method as?

This made the method: controlled, comparable, fixed & repeatable

What is an example each for Quantitative data and Qualitative data?

Quantitative data- (by scientific methods) experiments

Qualititative data- (by non-scientific methods) unstructured interviews