Origins

• What is psychology?

  Scientific study of the human mind
• Who is known as the father of psychology?

  Wilhelm Wundt
• What was Wilhelm Wundt's major contribution to psychology?

  He set up the first psychology laboratory
• When was the first psychology laboratory established?

  1879
• What is introspection in psychology?

  Systematic experimental study of the mind
• What are the basic structures of consciousness according to introspection?

  Thoughts, images, and sensations
• What key term is associated with isolating basic structures of consciousness?

  Structuralism
• What is a strength of Wilhelm Wundt’s approach to psychology?

  Introduced scientific methods for research
• What is a limitation of Wundt’s method of introspection according to behaviorists?

  It involves unobservable mental processes
• How do behaviorists view Wundt's method of introspection?

  They reject it as unscientific