Wundt

• what's involved in the origins of psychology


  wundt and introspection, psyc as a science
• what is wundt and introspection


  opened a lab dedicated too psyc, marked the beginning of scientific psychology. aim was too analyse the nature of human consciousness- pioneering method known as introspection
• what is structuralism


  isolating the structure of consciousness
• evaluation of wundt


  ✅scientific- well controlled, lab so extraneous variables eliminated,

  ❌subjective- relied on self reporting mental processes, predicting future behavour
• explain emerge of psyc as a science


  behaviourists- value of introspection questioned as produced subjective data. so they focused on behaviours u can see and used controlled experiments

  
  

  cognitive-linked mind and computer, predictions on memory using experiments

  
  

  biological- investigate physiological processes- FMRI AND EEG
• evaluation of emerge of psyc


  ✅modern psyc: is scientific , rely on use of scientific measures,

  ❌subjective data: humanistic rejects scientific approach, psychodynamic uses case study that's unrepresentative, demand characteristics