INTROSPECTION

• WHO CREATED INTROSPECTION?

  Wundt
• HOW DID WUNDT AIM TO STUDY THE HUMAN MIND?

  by breaking it down into its basic elements
• WHAT DOES INTROSPECTION DIRECTLY TRANSLATE INTO?

  looking into
• WHAT DOES INTROSPECTION INVOLVE?

  asking people to think aloud (what they are thinking/ feeling) while completing a task
• EXAMPLES OF TASKS USED DURING INTROSPECTION?

  driving/ drawing
• STRENGTHS OF INTROSPECTION?

  • still used today to gain access to cognitive processes
  • Griffiths
• WHAT DID GRIFFITHS DO?

  used introspection to study cognitive process of fruit machine gamblers by asking them to 'think aloud'
• WEAKNESSES OF INTROSPECTION?

  • participants unable to comment on unconscious factors
  • produces subjective data
• WHAT IS THE ISSUE PRODUCED BY SUBJECTIVE DATA AS A RESULT OF INTROSPECTION?

  difficult to establish general principles, therefore the technique is unscientific