Wudnt AO3

Question 1

What are the two peels to evaluate wudnt?

Answer 1

Strength - moved psyc away from philosphical roots with his methods
Weakness - some aspects of research is unscientific

Question 2

P

(Strength - moved psyc away from philosphical roots with his methods)

Answer 2

Wudnt can be praised for moving psyc away from philosphical roots

Question 3

E

Answer 3

• as he used controlled env + standardised procedure to study emotions, feelings and sensations

Question 4

E

Answer 4

• such as using the same stimulus every time + giving ppts same standardised instructions

Question 5

L

Answer 5

Therefore inc replicability of research + inc psycs status and its emergence as a science

Question 6

P

(Weakness - unscientific)

Answer 6

Weakness - some aspects of wundts research is unscientific today

Question 7

E

Answer 7

• as wudnt relied on ppts self reporting their mental processes
• this data was subjective + varies from person to person

Question 8

E

Answer 8

• this makes it difficult to establish general principles of human bhv + predict future outcomes
• which is an aim of science

Question 9

L

Answer 9

Therefore some of wudnts early efforts to study the mind in unreliable and not scientific