Approaches- Origins of psychology

Question 1

What is introspection ?

Answer 1

Aim to study the mind by breaking down conscious awareness into the basic structures of thoughts, images and sensations

Question 2

What was Wudnt’s procedure to identify introspection ?

Answer 2

1- Participants were trained to report back on their feelings, emotions and sensations
2- All given the same standardised instructions
3- Participants presented with stimuli and asked to ‘observe’ their inner processes and make a note of them

Question 3

What are some strengths of Wudnt’s introspection procedure ?

Answer 3

Standardised instructions were used, Controlled environment

Question 4

What are some weaknesses of Wudnt’s introspection procedure ?

Answer 4

As participants are providing information about their own internal mental processes, data is largely subjective and may have been based on personal opinion meaning that data is invalid