Introspection - Wundt

Cards (8)

  • What did Wundt do in 1879?

    he opened the first lab dedicated entirely to psychology
  • Why is Wundt's work significant?

    it marked the beginning of scientific psychology, separating it from its philosophical roots, and making it a distinct scientific discipline
  • What was Wundt known as?

    Father of Modern Psychology
  • What was Wundt's aim?

    to analyse the nature of human consciousness and thus studying the human mind in a more scientific and structured way
  • What is introspection?

    the process of examining one's own thoughts and feelings - self examination - he believed the mind could be studied this way
  • What was Wundt's main objective?

    to develop theories about mental processes, such as language and perception
  • What was Wundt's procedure?

    • participants (his highly trained students) would all report on the same stimuli e.g. a ticking metronome, in the same environment and receiving the same instructions
    • they would report their thoughts, images and sensations
  • What made his procedure valid/reliable?
    • introspection obtained during task - avoids memory problems
    • replication - all pps were in the same environment/had the same instructions