Wundt + Introspection

• what is introspection? 


  the systematic analysis of the mind by breaking conscious awareness into thoughts, images and, sensatioms
• what was the procedure of Wundt's study?

  • presented with stimuli and recorded their experiences with it
  • recorded under strict, controlled conditions
  • all given the same standardised instructions
• why is Wundt's approach scientific (AO3)?

  • methods are scientific as systematic and well controlled
  • recorded in controlled labs to eliminate extraneous variable
  • standardised procedures and instructions
  • used as a forerunner in later scientific approaches
• why is Wundt's data subjective (AO3)?

  • aspects of his research are unscientific today
  • relied on self-reporting
  • creates subjective data
  • flawed and wouldn't meet scientific criteria of today
• outline Wundt's method of introspection (4)

  • introspection is a systematic analysis of one's own conscious experience
  • experiences analysed by terms of structuralism
  • these are elements like sensations + though
  • were presented with standardised events like a ticking metronome