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origins of psychology - Coggle Diagram
origins of psychology
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Wilhelm Wundt
introspection
considers ones own thoughts, feelings and motives
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trained psychology students to focus on everyday object and look inwards noticing sensations and feelings and images
highly trained assistants given stimulus such as ticking metronome and reflect on experience about what it made the think and feel
same stimulus, physical surroundings and instructions given to each person
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evaluation
limitation- introspection considered subjective as relies on self report of private mental processes and only able to report small proportion of conscious thought so not valid method or would not meet scientific criteria used today
strength- Wundts contributions considered scientific as started first psychology lab with strict controls and environment with replicable procedures meaning later scientific approaches influenced by him