Origins of psychology

• introspection?

  the first systematic experimental attempt to study mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts, images and sensations.
• When did Wundt open the first psychology lab?

  1879
• What was Wundt's aim in opening his lab?

  To analyze the nature of human consciousness
• How was Wundt's approach to studying the mind characterized?

  It was the first systematic attempt under controlled conditions
• What did Wundt and his coworkers aim to develop?

  Theories about mental processes
• Into how many categories did Wundt divide observations?

  Three categories
• What were the three categories of observations in Wundt's method?

  Thoughts, images, and sensations
• How were stimuli presented to participants in Wundt's experiments?

  In the same order with the same instructions
• What was a key feature of Wundt's methods?

  They were systematic and well controlled
• Why is Wundt's method considered unscientific?

  It relied on self-reporting of mental processes