Origins

• Wilhelm Wundt

  • published the first book of psychology
  • known as the “father” of psychology
  • opened the first psychology lab
  • his approach - to study the structure of the mind by breaking down behaviours into basic elements
  • studied introspection
• Introspection

  • the first systematic attempt to study the mind
  • led to identifying the structure of consciousness (E.g thoughts, images and sensations)
  • this marked the beginning of scientific psychology