moved psychology from philosophical roots to controlled research
in 1873 he published the first book on psychology
in 1879 he opened the first psychologica laboratory
he promoted the use of introspection as a way of studying mental processes
this promotion of introspection lead to further controlled research by other psychologists
Introspection- the systematic analysis of the mind, involves breaking up consciousness into thoughts, emotions and sensations, pps are asked to reflect on their own cognitive processes and describe them whilst completing a task, i.e. thinking out loud
introspection- was intended as a highly systematic and controlled process- a science
lab was in leipziggermany, 1879- marks the beginning of scientific psychology,
he aimed to study human consciousness- the first systematic attempt to study the mind- used introspection
wundts work on introspection- the first systematic and experimental attempt to study human behaviour- he wanted to develop theories about mental processes such as language and perception, recorded experiences of stimuli such as sounds and objects