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Cards (13)

  • What is one strength of Wundt's methods?
    They were systematic and well-controlled, conducted in a lab setting.
  • How did Wundt ensure control in his experiments?
    By using a lab environment and standardised procedures and instructions.
  • What does Wundt’s approach suggest about his role in psychology?
    He was a forerunner to later scientific approaches like the behaviourist approach.
  • What is one limitation of Wundt’s research?
    It relied on subjective self-reports of mental processes.
  • Why is subjective data a problem in Wundt’s research?
    It may be influenced by personal bias, and participants might not reveal all thoughts.
  • Why is it difficult to establish general laws from Wundt’s data?
    Because the data is subjective and not reliable for predicting future behaviour
  • What does the limitation of Wundt’s methods suggest?
    Some of his research would not meet modern scientific criteria
  • What significant publication did Wundt produce?
    The first academic journal for psychological research
  • What educational milestone is Wundt known for?
    Writing the first psychology textbook
  • What title is Wundt often given?
    The founder of modern psychology
  • How did Wundt influence future psychological approaches?
    His research laid the foundation for the behaviourist and cognitive approaches
  • strengths of wundt
    • wundt's contribution
    • scientific methods
  • limitations of wundt
    • subjective data