impact of his work

• wundt did his experiments in carefully controlled conditions e.g empirical which encouraged other researchers (behaviourism) to do the same and be more scientific.
• impacts later approaches such as the cognitive approach. studies internal mental processes which has its origins in the work of wundt.
• criticism of introspection- lacked scientific rigour

  -only observable behaviour can be objectively measured, not somebodies thought.
• criticism of introspection- unreliable

  • subject reports differed to the same stimulus and so his work couldn't be replicated.