Wundt Flashcards

(5 cards)

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Who was Wundt

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‘father of psychology’
Who developed the first psychological lab (Leipzig, Germany)

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What did Wundt do?

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Controlled lab research on stimuli 1)
Asked patients to react then to self-report their experiences 2)
Wundt then Drawed Conclusions from data 3)

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Strength of Wundt studies (AO3)

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+ Some of his methods were scientific
-Methods (systematic) & well controlled. -> causing avoidance of extraneous variables
- Reliable prodecure

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Limitation of Wundt studies (AO3)

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(-) Considered unscientific today (due to it being subjective)
-Wundt relied on ppnts self reporting there mental processes
-Data collected could have some personal biases/ not accurate data at all
-Lowers the validity of the results.

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What is introspection.

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study of mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of thought.

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