Approaches: origins of psychology

• According to the specification, what topics are covered under "Origins of Psychology"?

  Wundt, Introspection, Emergence of psychology as science
• What does psychology scientifically study?

  The human mind and its functions
• What aspects of the mind do psychological functions affect?

  Behaviour in different contexts
• What kind of science was psychology considered to be?

  Relatively new
• Why did psychology need to adopt the methods of natural sciences?

  To be a subject in its own right
• When was modern psychology born?

  End of the 19th century
• Who opened the first psychology lab?

  Wilhelm Wundt
• In what city and country was the first psychology lab opened?

  Leipzig, Germany
• What year did Wundt open the first psychology lab?

  1879
• What did Wundt set out to do in his research?

  Document and describe human consciousness
• What was Wundt's experimental technique called?

  Introspection
• What did Wundt and his colleagues record during introspection?

  Their own conscious thoughts
• What did Wundt aim to do with conscious thoughts during introspection?

  Break them down into smaller parts
• What is breaking down conscious thoughts into smaller parts known as?

  Structuralism
• According to structuralism, what can conscious thoughts be broken down into?

  Thoughts, images, emotions, sensations
• What was introspection the first of?

  Controlled way of investigating the mind
• During introspection, what are participants given?

  A stimulus
• What do participants provide a description of during introspection?

  Their inner processes
• What did Wundt compare to understand perception?

  People's responses
• According to the text, why is establishing the causes of behaviour a strength of the scientific approach?

  Theories can be developed, tested, and modified
• What can be developed once the causes of behavior are established?

  Treatments
• Why are practical applications a strength of establishing the causes of behaviour?

  Because therapies can be developed for mental illness
• What is a weakness of the scientific approach mentioned in the text?

  Focus on artificial behaviours in controlled settings
• Where does the scientific approach tend to study people?

  In lab settings
• What is the problem with studying people in artificial lab settings?

  Tells us little about natural environments
• What kind of methods were used by the natural sciences?

  Reliable, scientific methods