Origins Of Psychology Flashcards
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Who was Wundt
Opened first lab dedicated to psychology and coined it as a discipline - invented method of discipline
Who did hunter study
Happiness in teenagers using introspection
What happened during hunters study
Ps exposed to buzzer at dif times of the day and asked to record their inner mental processs
Findings of hunters study
They found teenagers are generally unhappy however more positive when focused on a task
What did introspection aim to study
Human behaviour in a controlled way by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts, images and sensations collected in a scientific way and reporting back of these things
What does modern psychology aim to change
Change influence of control behaviour in a positive way
What did Watson and skinner believe
In order for something to be scientific, it should be visible
How is introspection argued
Thoughts and feelings aren’t visible therefore Watson and skinner focused in identifying cause and effect
The first lab was opened by
Wundt in genermany in 1879
