Wundt and Introspection

• When did Wundt set up his first laboratory experiment - 1879
• What did he adopt - the use of introspection
• What is introspection - a means of learning about one’s own currently ongoing mental 2 states or processes
• What did he isolate conscious thoughts into - basic structures of thoughts, processes and images (structuralism)
• What did Wundt want to establish psychology as - A legitimate science separate from philopsohy
• What were some problems with introspection - Unscientific

  Involves looking inwards

  Relies on reflecting analysing and trying to make sense of our own internal experiences
• What is some evaluation points -

  Helped establish psychology as an independent experimental science

  Behaviourists has more success than him by focusing on behaviour

  Relied heavily on introspection

  Introspection changed over time as it lack reliability