The Origins of Psychology
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- The Origins of Psychology
- Wilhelm Wundt (1832 - 1920)
- His approach was to study the structure of the mind - Structuralism
- He is considered the father of Psychology
- He investigated cognitive processes which can be broken into three parts
- Images
- Sensations
- Thoughts
- Early influence include Rene Descartes and his concept of Cartesian Dualism
- the mind and body are separate entities
- John Locke came up with the concept of empiricism that all knowledge is derived from sensory experiences
- Only study and measure behaviour that is observable and can be studied using the scientific method
- The scientific method was used for looking at behaviours
- Objectivity
- Subjectivity
- Replicability
- Empirical methods
- Charles Darwin's theory of evolution set the stage for the emergence of psychology as we know it today
- Wilhelm Wundt (1832 - 1920)
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