Origins of Psychology

Wundt published the first _______ on Psychology.

Wundt was the first person to call themselves a __________.

Wundt established the first psychology l________________

Wundt developed the method of _______________ as a way of investigating internal mental events.

Which statements about introspection are correct?

• It investigates observable behaviour

• It investigates internal mental events

• It involves participants reporting their conscious thoughts and feelings towards different stimuli

• It involves participants reporting their unconscious thoughts and feelings towards different stimuli

Wundt's method of introspection is based on the first school of Psychology founded by Wundt known as _______________

_______________ is a school of psychology that involved breaking down mental processes into basic components and investigating how these interact to form conscious experiences.

Where were Wundt's introspection studies carried out?

• In a psychology laboratory

• In the real world

Wundt argued that introspection was:

• Objective

• Capable of generating theories about how the mind works

• Subjective

• Incapable of generating theories about how the mind works

Who questioned the scientific status of introspection by suggesting it was too subjective?

• Behaviourist psychologists

• Psychodynamic psychologists

• Social learning theorists

• Humanistic psychologists