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Origins Of Psychology
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Wilhelm Wundt is considered to be the
father
of
experimental
psychology
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Wundt constructed the
first
experimental psychology
textbook
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Wundt separated psychology from
philosophy
and
biology
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Wundt became the first person to be named a
psychologist
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Wundt's method
Analysed the workings of the human mind in a
structured
and
scientific
way
Called
introspection
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Introspection
The first
systematic experimental
attempt to study the
mind
by breaking up
conscious awareness
into basic structures of
thoughts
,
images
, and
sensations
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Introspection
A way of studying
mental processes
through the analysis of one's own
conscious experiences
and then reporting of those experiences
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Introspection
Looking
in
/
reflection
/
self
examination
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Wundt's contributions
Trained
186
graduate students, helping to
disseminate
his work
Set up the first psychology
laboratory
Use of
controlled
environments to establish
general
theories
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Strengths of Wundt's method
Used
scientific
methods
Allowed study of
consciousness
Used
introspection
Used
controlled
environments
Did not require
specialist
equipment
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Limitations of Wundt's method
Only studied
consciousness
Relied on
honesty
and
subjective
interpretations
Not appropriate for
everybody
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Cognitive
approaches focus on how people
think
about things rather than just what they
do
or
say
Cognition
refers to all aspects of thinking including
perception
,
memory
,
problem
solving,
decision
making and
language
use.
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