origins

• What makes psychology a science?

  • Controlled conditions
  • Standardized procedures
  • Empirical research
  • Replications
  • Data analysis
• What are the weaknesses of introspection

  • Relies on non-observable responses
  • Subjective
• What is empiricism?


  the theory that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience using the scientific method
• What is the evolutionary theory?


  the theory that human behaviours have evolved due to their adaptive value
• What is structuralism?


  breaking down mental processes into their basic components
• What is introspection?


  examination of ones conscious thoughts and feelings
• What impact did Wundt have on psychology?

  • Set up the worlds first psychological lab (the Institute of Experimental psychology)
  • Produced the worlds first book on psychology
  • Research know as Structuralism
  • Used experimental technique of introspection
• Who created empiricism?


  John Locke