Origins of Psychology

• When did Wundt open the first experimental psychology lab?

  1879
• What did Wundt open the first of?

  First experimental psychology lab
• How did Wundt use introspection?

  To break down conscious awareness into thoughts, images, emotions and sensations.
• What is Wilhem Wundt viewed as

  The founding father of psychology
• What did Wundt use?

  Standardised instructions
• What are standardised instructions?

  Doing exactly the same thing with every patient to ensure consistency.
• What was psychology for the first time and why?

  Scientific - highly controlled lab environment
• Who did he pave the way for?

  Cognitive psychologists
• Why would Wundt's work be classed as scientific by modern standards?

  Recorded introspections within a controlled environment, used standardised instructions, high internal validity
• Why might some aspects of his work be deemed unscientific?

  He relied on self-reporting which is subjective, making generalisations was impossible (have different thoughts each time).
• Why did Watson claim that Wundt's work was too subjective?


  Rejected introspection - too subjective , can only study phenoma that we can see, we cannot see the brain.
• Why is self-reporting not useful?

  People may lie, not want to share feelings making it unreliable and not facual.