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• Introspection is the process by which a person gains knowledge about their own mental and emotional state
• Empiricism is the belief that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience.
• Wundt’s contribution to Psychology:

  • Wrote first textbook of psychology (Principles of Physiological Psychology, 1873-4)
  • Set up first laboratory of experimental psychology (1875)
  • Used the scientific method to study the structure of sensation and perception
  • Showed that introspection could be used to study mental states in replicable laboratory experiments