origins of psychology occurred in Germany from his work
what year Wundt established the first psychology laboratory
1875
what was founded in 1879
the Institute for Experimental Psychology
what did Wundt write in 1874
Principles of physiological psychology
what did Wundt separated
biology
philosophy
psychology
structuralism
structures of the mind
analysis of the basic elements of the mind
introspection
technique to develop structuralism theory
examination and description of one's own conscious thought processes and mental states
conscious analysis of conscious thought
tridimensional theory of feeling
pleasant- unpleasant
tense- relaxed
strain- excited
problems with Wundt's work
too subjective- based solely on one person's opinion/ viewpoint
not particularly accurate- Nisbett and Wilson found that the explanation for someone's behaviour maybe not be accurate because people don't have direct introspective access to many of their mental processes