Origins of Psych

• First lab Opened by Wilhelm Wundt in Leipzig, Germany in 1879.
• Wundt's work created a new, scientific psychology now distinct from philosophy.
• Wundt and his co-workers recorded their own conscious thoughts and broke them down into thoughts, images and sensations.
• All introspections were recorded under strictly controlled conditions using the same stimulus every time (such as a ticking metronome).
• The same standardised instructions were issued to all participants, and this allowed procedures to be repeated in exactly the same way (replicated) every single time.
• Wundt relied on participants own experiences and therefore can be criticised for being unscientific
• one strength of Wundt's work is it was highly controlled therefore extraneous variables were not an issue