Wundt and introspection

• Wundt opened the first ever lab to psychological enquiry in Leipzig, German in 1879.
• What is introspection?


  The first systematic experimental attempt to study the mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structure of thoughts, images and sensations.
• All introspections were recorded under strictly controlled conditions using the same stimulus every time.
• The same standardised instructions were issued to all participants, and this allowed procedures to be repeated in exactly the same way every single time.
• Wundt's work created a new, scientific psychology now distinct from philosophy.