origins AO3

• weakness

  • research replicable so not reliable
  • introspection focuses on a ppt subjective experience, varies greatly form person to person
  • difficult to establish general consistent principles of human behaviour
  • not scientific today
• strength

  • praised for moving psychology from philosophical roots
  • controlled environments with standardised procedure to study thoughts, feelings
  • using same stimulus and give ppts same standardised instructions
  • increased ability to replicate research, Increase psychologys status and emergence as a science