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the origins of psychology L1
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Who was the first person to call himself a psychologist?
Wilhelm Wundt
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What method did Wundt believe could study the human mind scientifically?
Introspection
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What was Wundt's aim in psychology?
To study the structure of the
human mind
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How did Wundt propose to study behaviors like sensation and perception?
By breaking them into
basic
elements
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What does introspection mean?
Looking into one's
mental
states
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How did Wundt believe mental processes could be observed?
Through
systematic
observation with training
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What type of stimulus did Wundt use in his experiments?
A
visual
image
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What did Wundt do with the participants' responses?
He compared them to generate
theories
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What is the term for Wundt's approach to psychology?
Structuralism
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How did Wundt view psychology as a science?
As a
distinct
experimental
science
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What was a criticism of Wundt's methods?
They were
unreliable
and not
reproducible
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What is empiricism?
The belief that knowledge comes from
experience
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What did critics say about Wundt's research on memory and perception?
They were
unobservable constructions
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How did behaviorists differ from Wundt in their approach?
They achieved reliably
reproducible
results
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Who were two behaviorists mentioned in the text?
Pavlov
and
Thorndike
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What did empiricists believe about knowledge?
It comes from
observation
and experience
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What became known as the scientific method in psychology?
The process used to explore
assumptions
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What did Csikszentmihalyi and Hunter (2003) use in their study?
Bleepers
to prompt
teenagers
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What did the teenagers in the study report about their feelings?
They were more often
unhappy
than happy
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How did challenging tasks affect the teenagers' happiness?
They
tended
to
be
happier
during
challenges
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What does introspection offer researchers in psychology?
A way to measure
conscious thoughts
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What happens if results are not replicable?
They are not considered
reliable
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What is the significance of reliable results in psychology?
They can be accepted as universally true
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