Origins of Psychology

• Wilhelm Wundt created the first experimental psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany.

  He brought participants into his lab, presented them with a stimulus, and then asked them to examine and describe their mental processes (introspection).
• Applied reductionism (explaining complex things in terms of smaller and simpler parts) to studying the mind.
• Strength

  First to apply scientific method to psychology. For example, controlled all his situational variables using standardisation and his studies were replicable because he noted down his method.
• Limitation

  Results weren't based on empirical evidence and his research didn't yield consistent results. Meaning that his study lacked reliability