Origins of psychology

• Wundt 


  -Wundt distanced the study of the mind and behaviour from philosophy which uses logic and reason.

  -opened the first psychological lab in Germany.

  -He ensured all procedures were standardised in order for replication and findings can be assessed for reliability.

  -was an advocate for the scientific method to study conscious mental experiments and behaviours.
• Introspection 


  -Systematic and scientific way of investigating and reporting internal mental thoughts and events.

  -It's limited as it can only reveal conscious mental processes and is unsuitable for unconscious studies.

  How it works:

  -PP are presented with a stimuli e.g. a light turning on.

  -They asked ti report back their thought, emotions and sensations.

  -Wundt compared responses allowing a general theory about perception and other mental processes can be made.
• Weaknesses of Wundt 


  Skinner and Watson say introspection is unobservable mental processes and to study these would mean a loss of objectivity.