the origins of psychology L1

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