1) Origins of Psychology

Question 1

Who established the first psychology lab

Answer 1

• Wilhem Wundt in Germant, Lepzig

Question 2

What is introspection

Answer 2

• First systematic experimental attempt to study the mind

Question 3

What did Aunt ensure his procedures were

Answer 3

Standardised (same instructions same procedure etc were carried out)
- giving ticking clock they would report feelings, everyone carried out in the same way

Question 4

What did introspection lead to the development of

Answer 4

Structuralism - identification of consciousness by breaking it up into basic structures - sensations

Question 5

In the 1900s what did behaviourists think about introspection

Answer 5

• Believed it was subjective, influences by personal perspective

Question 6

What dominated psychology in the 1930s

Answer 6

Behaviourist approach
- skinner Brough a lot of language and rigour of natural sciences to psych

Question 7

How long did the behaviourist approach dominate psychology

Answer 7

50 years

Question 8

What led to the introduction of the cognitive approach in the world of psychology

Answer 8

Computer revolution
- cognitive psychologists compared the mental processes to the likeness of a computer

Question 9

What approach was introduced in the 1980s

Answer 9

The biological approach
- new technology such as fMRI and EEG were used more commonly