origins of psych- introspection

• who was wilhelm wundt?

  ’father of psychology’

  opened first psychology lab in 1879
• what theory did wundt develop?

  the theory of introspection

  -using responses from the same stimuli to compare participants

  -formed theories of perception
• what was wundt’s role in the emergence of psychology as a science?

  -opened first psych lab 1879

  -psychological processes rather than biological or philosophical

  -encouraged others to research
• what is introspection?

  investigating internal events by examining conscious thoughts and feelings e.g being shown an image and asking how they felt about it.
• strength of introspection

  he used scientific procedures to complete his research
• weakness of introspection

  it’s not always accurate

  -people can lie about their responses
• nisbett and wilson 1977

  -claim we have little knowledge of the processed underlying our behaviours and attitudes

  -validity issues as people can lie and we can’t always explain our behaviour’s

  -reliability issues as wundt’s approach relied on ‘non observable’ responses