history of psychology
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- Created on: 20-03-16 19:30
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- history of psychology
- psychology as a distinct branch of study emerged around 1880 when the first experimental lab was established
- PSYCHOLOGY
- is the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those functions affecting behaviour in a given context
- SCIENCE
- a means of acquiring knowledge through systematic and objective investigation. the aim is to discover general laws
- INTROSPECTION
- the first systematic experimental attempt to study the mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts images and sensations
- Wundt was known as the 'father of psychology' he opened the first lab dedicated to psychological enquiry in Germany in 1879
- he discovered the naure of human conscious AKA introspection
- Wundt et al recorded their own conscious thoughts with the aim of breaking them down to further explain them
- he discovered the naure of human conscious AKA introspection
- although Wundt attempted to understand the mind, many psychologists today would regard this as scientific
- introspection were recorded using standardised procedures under tightly controlled conditions using the same stimulus every time making these experiment reliable
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