Origins of Psychology 

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  • Origins of Psychology
    • Wundt - first lab - 1879
      • Introspection
        • First systematic experimental attempt to study the mind
        • Breaking up conscience into basic structures of thoughts, images and sensations
          • structuralism
      • standardised procedures - replication
        • ticking metronome and then report thoughts
        • Separation of modern psychology from philosophical roots
    • Emergence of psychology as a science
      • 1900s  - Behaviorists rejected introspection
        • Only what can be observed and measured
        • 1930s - Behaviorists scientific methods dominate
          • Language and rigor of natural sciences, lab studies
          • 1950s - Cognitive approach mental processes
            • Inferences based on lab experiments
            • 1990s - Biological approach technical advances
              • Scanning techniques, fMRI and EEG
      • 1930s - Behaviorists scientific methods dominate
        • Language and rigor of natural sciences, lab studies
        • 1950s - Cognitive approach mental processes
          • Inferences based on lab experiments
          • 1990s - Biological approach technical advances
            • Scanning techniques, fMRI and EEG

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