Origins Of Psychology

Question 1

What are the 5 different Approaches in Psychology?

Answer 1

1. Biological Approach
2. Learing Approach
3. Cognitive Approach
4. Psychodynamic Approach
5. Humanist Approach

Question 2

What does Science mean?

Answer 2

The means of acquiring knowledge through systematic and objective investigation. Aim is to find general laws

Question 3

What does Introspection mean?

Answer 3

An attempt to study the mind by breaking conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts, images and sensations.

Question 4

What is Psychology?

Answer 4

The study of the mind and it’s functions, and how the functions affect its behaviours

Question 5

Where did Psychology originate from?
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Answer 5

• Germany
• Late 1870s
• William Wundt

Question 6

Who invented Introspection?

Answer 6

William Wundt

Question 7

What was Wundt known as in Psychology?

Answer 7

Father of Psychology

Question 8

Who criticized Introspection and why?
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Answer 8

• Watson
• He thought it was too subjective

Question 9

Since what year has the study of mental processes been a highly scientific area?

Answer 9

Since cognitive revolution of 1960s

Question 10

Discuss Wundt’s role in the emergence of psychology as a science.

Answer 10

1. first to open a laboratory designated to the scientific study of psychological enquiry under controlled conditions facilitating accurate measurements and replication
2. introspection still used today in areas such as therapy and studying emotional states demonstrating its value as one way mental processes can be investigated