Psychology approaches-wundt

Cards (5)

  • When did Wundt open the first psychology laboratory?

    1879
  • When did Freud establish the Psychodynamic approach?

    1900's
  • What is introspection?

    Technique to gain insight into how mental processes work. People were trained to report in detail their inner experiences when presented with a stimulus.

    The stimulus could include a problem to solve or something to be memorised.
  • What is Structuralism?

    An approach that focuses on the components of the mind and how they relate to one another. It tries to break down mental processes into their basic parts.
  • What is wrong with introspection?

    It is subjective- varies from person to person
    -Lacks reliability because he relied on non observable behaviours