ORIGINS OF PSYCH

• What does science mean?

  discovering the physical and natural world systematically and objectively using empirical methods such as observations and experimentation.
• What is Psychology?

  scientific study of the human mind and its function.
• Systematic: using a fixed or controlled method.
• objectivity: absence of bias in research
• Introspection: 'looking into' and refers to the process of observing and examining your own conscious thoughts, feelings and sensations.
• empiricism: belief that all knowledge is derived from sensory experiences and can be studied using the scientific method
• Wihem Wundt published the first book 'principle of physiological psychology'.
• In 1879, Wundt opened the first psychology lab in Germany.
• Wilhem Wundt known as the 'father of psychology'.
• Wundt developed introspection to study structure of the human mind
• Structuralism- the study of the mind and behavior through the study of the structure of the mind and behavior
• Wundt studied reaction time, sensation and perception
• Who introduced empiricism?

  John Locke
• Paradigm: shared set of assumptions, standard, methods and terminology that is studied.