Origins of Psychology

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  • Created on: 16-03-16 19:44
Who was the father of experimental psychology?
Wilhelm Wundt
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Where was the Institute for Experimental Psychology opened?
Germany
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What did (clue 1) separate Psychology from?
Philosophy
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In what way did (clue 1) study Psychology?
Scientifically
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What was used as a way of getting more information on people's behaviour and thoughts, before modern technology was available?
Introspection
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What word is used to describe the idea that things can be reduced into simple processes?
Reductionism
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What was one of the approaches which (clue 1)'s work influenced?
Biological
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What is one feature which makes something a Science?
Objectivity
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What is something which makes something a Science, which is the idea that an experiment should be able to be repeated exactly?
Replication
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There must be a what for something to be a proper experiment to be tested?
Hypothesis
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What is the name of a scientific feature which involves paying a lot of attention to the conditions the studies are taking place in?
Control
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What is the idea that an experiment can help us guess what will happen in other circumstances, from the results we get?
Predictability
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Who argued that Psychology has the same aims as Science?
Allport
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What procedures have been used to investigate the Approaches?
Scientific
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What methods have been used to investigate other Approaches, which have acted as a reason against Psychology being a Science?
Interviews
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What variables are Psychological experiments very open to?
Extraneous
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