origins of psychology

Question 1

what is psychology?

Answer 1

the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behaviour in given context.

Question 2

what is introspection?

Answer 2

the first systematic experimental attempt to study the mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts, images and sensations. created by Wunt.

Question 3

what did Wunt do?

Answer 3

Opened the first lab dedicated to psychology in 1879.
Made introspection and introduced psychology as its own disiplanary.

Question 4

how was introspection scientific?

Answer 4

controlled conditions, metronome sound so the same stimulus each time, replicable and standardised.

Question 5

what is a strenght of introspection?

Answer 5

scientific credibility, standardised and replicable, no extraneous variables

Question 6

what is a limitation of introspection?

Answer 6

subjective data, considered un-scientific due to reliance on self report during.

Question 7

what is the definition of science?

Answer 7

building knowledge through systematic and objective measure

Question 8

which approaches have a scientific aspect?

Answer 8

behaviourist, cognitive, biological

Question 9

which approaches reject science in psychology?

Answer 9

psychodynamic, humanistic