Wundt+emergence of psychology

• 4 facts about Wundt:

  1. he is known as the father of psychology
  2. opened the first psychology lab in Leipzig, Germany
  3. wrote the first psychology book
  4. he paved the way for psychology to be considered a science
• structualism- breaking down behaviours into their basic elements
• introspection- a systematic analysis of owns conscious experience (thoughts, feelings and sensations) on a stimulus
• 4 facts about introspection:

  1. wundt used the approach of structuralism.
  2. he used the method of introspection
  3. this must be in a controlled environment, involving being objective, using standardised procedures so it can be easily repeated -making it scientific
  4. it involves breaking thoughts about an object into separate elements about present experiences (e.g. using a metronome)
• 4 reasons psychology is seen as a science:

  1. wundt moved from philosophical roots to controlled research
  2. psychology uses a variety of empirical and reliable methodologies
  3. higher mental processes were difficult - paving the way for approaches such as brain scanning
  4. development of the biological approach and cognitive neuroscience led to techniques such as fMRI scans
• Wundt evaluations:

  🙂 introspection helped with the development of the cognitive approach- it helped us understand human behaviour

  🙂 he created the first lab experiment meaning the research was scientific

  ☹️ Wundt’s methods are not free from subjectivity

  ☹️ there are greater contributions to the development of psychology as a science such as behaviourists