Wundt

• origins?


  "study of the soul" in the 16th century inital idea:conscious mental mind linked to biological processes.
• 19th century?


  def:  “the science of mental life, both of its phenomena and their conditions”. introspection developed to expose mind to scientific research. firs exp lab in unis
• WUNDT?

  “Principles of Physiological Psychology” (Wundt, 1873-4). set up first lab exp psychology. first to sep psych and philosophy.
• Structuralism?


  use exp methods to find the building blocks of thought and investigate interactions. studied sensations and perceptions.breaking participants’ observations of objects, images and events down into constituent part
• studying?


  reaction time and measuring responses. longer response time the more processes involved.
• introspection?


  infer more about processes involved
• Contributions?

  wrote first psych textbook. set up first lab for exp psych. use scientific method to study structure of perception and sensation. showed introspection can be used to study mind in replicable lab exp