Origins of Psychology

• Who was the father of psychology?


  Wundt
• what did Wundt set up


  Wundt set up the first psychology lab in Germany to study the mind.
• Define introspection


  This is the conscious examination of conscious experience and self observation of your own thoughts. This is carried out in the present moment not a reflection of the past
• Study for introspection


  Presented with a stimulus: e.g. the sound of a metronome or the turning on of the light

  Inspect own thoughts: ppts report back their own emotions, sensations and thoughts that resulted from the sound.

  Draw conclusions: compare all the responses from the ppts to see what was similar and different.+

  He conducted the research in a highly controlled and systematic way
• Define standardisation


  the procedures used in research are kept the same and checks for reliability.
• Evaluations:


  Highly subjective - based on the ppt

  +starting point of psychology