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Mind Map by Clodagh Maher, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Clodagh Maher
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Origins of Psychology
- Wundt and introspection
- Wilhelm Wundt
established the first psych
lab. It opened in Leipzig in
1879. The aim was to
describe the nature of
human consciousness in a
controlled and scientific
environment - a lab
- Introspection - pioneered
by Wundt -the first
systematic experimental
attempt to study the mind
by breaking up conscious
awareness into basic
structures of thoughts,
images and sensations
- Standardised instructions
were given to
participants. Procedures
could be replicated
- Wundt's work was
significant as it marked
the separation of
modern scientific psych
from its broader
philosophical roots
- Wilhelm Wundt
established the first psych
lab. It opened in Leipzig in
1879. The aim was to
describe the nature of
human consciousness in a
controlled and scientific
environment - a lab
- Emergence of Psych as a Science
- John B Watson (1913)
argued introspection
varied in people. The
behaviourist approach
says "scientific" psych
should only study
phenomena that can be
observed and measured
- Skinner (1953) brought the lang and
rigour of natural sciences into
psych. Behaviourist's focus on
learning and controlled lab studies
dominate psych for the next few
decades
- Following cognitive
revolution of
1960s, the study of
mental processes
was seen as legit
within psychology
- 1990s - the biological
approach introduced
technological advances
such as MRI and EEG
- John B Watson (1913)
argued introspection
varied in people. The
behaviourist approach
says "scientific" psych
should only study
phenomena that can be
observed and measured
- Evaluation
- + Some aspects of Wundt's
method would be classed as
scientific today - recording
introspections in a
controlled environment
- - Other aspects
deemed unscientific
today - produced
subjective data
- + Modern psych can
claim to be scientific -
same aims as natural
sciences: understand,
describe, predict and
control behaviour
- - Not all approaches
use objective
methods - humanistic
is anti scientific
- + Some aspects of Wundt's
method would be classed as
scientific today - recording
introspections in a
controlled environment
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