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The Origins of Psychology

Georgia Robinson 5 questions

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  1. 1Introspection is a method to analyse your own [blank_start]thoughts[blank_end] and [blank_start]feelings[blank_end] internally.
    In the [blank_start]1800s[blank_end], there were no [blank_start]brain scans[blank_end] or computers to allow people to explore the inside workings of the brain.
    As a way of investigating people's [blank_start]consciousness[blank_end], Wundt used introspection to study [blank_start]sensation[blank_end] and [blank_start]perception[blank_end].
    Participants were asked to describe their experiences when presented with a set of [blank_start]stimuli[blank_end], and often their reaction times were recorded.
    WEAKNESSES
    Doesn't explain how the [blank_start]mind[blank_end] works - relies on people describing their [blank_start]thoughts[blank_end] and [blank_start]feelings[blank_end], usually isn't [blank_start]objective[blank_end].
    Doesn't provide data that can be used [blank_start]reliably[blank_end] - as people are reporting on their own experiences, their accounts can't be [blank_start]confirmed[blank_end].
    STRENGTHS
    Did [blank_start]influence[blank_end] other areas of the subject
    1. Athoughts
    2. Bfeelings
    3. C1800s
    4. Dbrain scans
    5. Econsciousness
    6. Fsensation
    7. Gperception
    8. Hstimuli
    9. Imind
    10. Jthoughts
    11. Kfeelings
    12. Lobjective
    13. Mreliably
    14. Nconfirmed
    15. Oinfluence
  2. 2What did Wundt study using introspection?
    1. Abrain waves
    2. Bmemory
    3. Csensation
    4. Dattachment
  3. 3Wundt didn't believe in reductionism
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  4. 4ARGUMENT FOR PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE
    [blank_start]Allport[blank_end] (1947) - said psychology has the [blank_start]same[blank_end] aims as science - to [blank_start]predict[blank_end], [blank_start]understand[blank_end] and [blank_start]control[blank_end].
    Behaviourist, cognitive and biological approaches to psychology all use [blank_start]scientific[blank_end] procedures to investigate theories - usually [blank_start]controlled[blank_end] and [blank_start]unbiased[blank_end]

    ARGUMENTS AGAINST PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE
    There are other approaches in psychology which don't use objective methods to study behaviour - they use [blank_start]unreliable[blank_end] methods (eg. interview techniques which can be biased and interpreted differently by different researchers).
    It is very hard to get a [blank_start]representative[blank_end] sample of the population for a study, so findings can't reliably be [blank_start]generalised[blank_end].
    Psychological experiments are also open to [blank_start]extraneous[blank_end] variables, such as [blank_start]demand characteristics[blank_end], which can be hard to [blank_start]control[blank_end]
    1. AAllport
    2. Bsame
    3. Cpredict
    4. Dcontrol
    5. Eunderstand
    6. Fscientific
    7. Gcontrolled
    8. Hunbiased
    9. Iunreliable
    10. Jrepresentative
    11. Kgeneralised
    12. Lextraneous
    13. Mdemand characteristics
    14. Ncontrol
  5. 5Objectivity - scientific observations should be recorded without [blank_start]bias[blank_end] and not influenced by any other factors, or any other people
    Control - scientific observations should take place under [blank_start]controlled conditions[blank_end]
    Predictability - scientists should be able to use the results and knowledge gained from experiments to [blank_start]predict[blank_end] future behaviour
    Hypothesis Testing - theories generate predictions ([blank_start]hypotheses[blank_end]) which can be tested to either strengthen the support for the theory, or else disprove it
    Replication - each experiment should be able to be [blank_start]replicated[blank_end] exactly so people can have confidence in the results
    1. Abias
    2. Bfault
    3. Clies
    4. Dtruth
    5. Esound
    6. Fcontrolled conditions
    7. Ga blanket
    8. Hcontrol
    9. Iquiet
    10. Jno deception
    11. Kpredict
    12. Lguess
    13. Massume
    14. Nthink
    15. Ohypotheses
    16. Pguesses
    17. Qthinkers
    18. Rtheories
    19. Sreplicated
    20. Ttested
    21. Ucopied
    22. Vused

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AS level Psychology Quiz on The Origins of Psychology, created by Georgia Robinson on 18/02/2017.
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