who is the father of psychology ?
Wilhelm wundt
what institute did Wundt open ?
the institute for experiment psychology
- at the uni of Leipzig in Germany in 1879
what did Wilhelm Wundt do to philosophy ?
he separated psychology from it
how did Wilhelm Wundt separate psychology from philosophy ?
he did it by analysing the workings of a mind in a more structured way
- emphasis being on objective measurement and control
what did Wilhelm Wundt believe in ?
reductionism
what is reductionism ?
that consciousness could be broken down or reduced to its basic element without sacrificing any of the properties as a whole
what did Wilhelm Wundt study ?
introspection
what is introspection ?
‘looking within’
was introspection the 1st experimental attempt to study the mind ?
yes it was
- include breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of thought, images and sensations
what was Wundt threefold aims for introspection ?
what did Wundt claim about introspection ?
that with sufficient training some mental processes can be observed
- memory
- perception
what are 2 strengths to Wundt’s idea of introspection ?
what are 2 weaknesses for Wundt’s idea of introspection ?
what decade did psychoanalysis emerge ?
1900s
what year did behaviourism emerge ?
1913
what decade did humanism emerge ?
1950s
what decade did the learning approach emerge ?
1960s
what decade did the biological approach emerge ?
1980s
when did cognitive neuroscience emerge ?
eve of the 21st century
what are the 5 different scientific methods in psychology ?
what is replicability ?
ability to repeat a study and achieve consistent findings
what does systematic mean ?
phenomenon which can be observed, use scientific testing like using experimental methods with standard procedures
what is objectivity ?
basing findings on facts rather than an opinion
what is theory construction ?
offering a testable hypothesis which can be rigorously tested