Origins of Psychology
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- Created on: 14-09-21 12:35
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- Origins of Psychology
- Wilhelm Wundt
- Father of Modern Psychology
- Believed all aspects of human behaviour could be studied scientifically
- Wanted to study the structure of the human mind
- Introspection - A person gains knowledge of their own mental and emotional states by looking inwards
- Limitation - We do not have much information concerning underlying reasons for our behaviour
- Nisbett and Wilson (1977) - Key Study - Found that the large majority of their test group had little knowledge of their cognitive processes
- Limitation - We do not have much information concerning underlying reasons for our behaviour
- Opposing viewpoints
- Determinism - All behaviour is caused
- Predictability - Behaviour can be predicted
- Wilhelm Wundt
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