origins of psychology

• who was wundt ?

  • 'father of psychology'
  • made psychology its own distinct science
  • first psychology dedicated lab
  • used introspection technique
• what is introspection ?

  individuals report their conscious thoughts and experiences in response to stimulus
• what is the evaluation of wundt research ?

  lab experiment - cause and effect , lacks mundane realism

  considered unscientific today - hidden thoughts

  couldn't be used to study number of behaviour - eg animals