origins of psych

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    • when was the first psychology lab opened?
      1879
    • where was the first lab opened?
      leipzig, germany
    • who is known as the father of psychology?
      wilhelm wundt
    • what was wundt's main aim?
      to distinguish humans from philosophy
    • what three types of research did wundt do?
      • post-mortem
      • dream analysis
      • introspection
    • what is post mortem?
      study of the body and brain after death
    • who used dream analysis?
      freud
    • what is dream analysis?
      study of dreams for an explanation of behaviour
    • what is introspection?
      show pictures or noises and ask the participant to record feelings and thoguhts
    • what was wundts main process?
      introspection
    • what does introspection provide?
      insight into human thinking and processing
    • which approaches prove that psychology is a science?
      • cognitive
      • behaviourist
      • biological
      • SLT
    • how do approaches show psych as a science?
      they use scientific methods
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