Approaches

• Wilhelm Wundt established the first psychology lab = opened in Leipzig, Germany in 1879. The aim was to describe the nature of human consciousness in a carefully controlled scientific environment- a lab.
• Introspection = Wundt pioneered introspection, the first systematic experimental attempt to study the mind.
• Controlled procedures = The same standardised instructions were given to all participants and stimuli (objects and sounds) were presented in the same orders (standardised procedures).