Origins of psychology

• introspection= systematic experimental attempt to study the mind by observing the conscious experiences such as feelings, thoughts, and sensations
• Structuralism- seeks to understand the structure of the mind, breaking down experiences into basic elements
• Introspection- observing and recording one’s own conscious thoughts and experiences
• Process of introspection- participants presented with standardised sensory stimulus like a ticking metronome and systematically report their experiences breaking down their thoughts into separate elements
• Introspection is not a direct observation of mental processes wundt made inferences about the behaviours
• Wundts work was highly scientific primarily because of the controlled observations, large sample sizes and systematic approaches
• wundts introspective methods are considered subjective and are not classified as truly scientific due to the reliance on inferences and self observation