origins

• wundt - 'father of psychology'
• wundt- opened first psychology labatory in Leipzig, Germany 1879
• structuralism - wundt


  study of structure of human mind, by breaking behaviours down into basic elements
• introspection- wundt


  systematic analysis of own conscious experience of a stimulus
• introspection simple 


  looking into
• introspection 


  • systematic technique for investigating human mind; by asking ppt to reflect on their own cognitive processes and describe them
  • experiences are analysed in terms of component parts (sensations, thoughts, emotional reactions)
• wundts scientific approach - assumptions 


  • all behaviour is seen as being caused (determined)
  • if behaviour is determined, it should be possible to predict how human beings would behave in different conditions (predictability)

  technique uses to explore these assumptions- scientific method
• strengths of introspection 


  • control over extraneous variables due to controlled technique and standardised experiment
  • easy to carry out
  • forerunner to later scientific approaches
• weaknesses of introspection


  • very subjective- interpretation of results
  • self report means people mah not be truthful. due to social desirability bias, people may answer how they think the person would want
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