PSYCH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: East Los Angeles College, Wilhelm Wundt, Psych
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Introspection: looking within - individuals observed stimuli, then described their experiences (memories, perceptions, cognitive processes: structuralism died out in the early 20th century (method was problematic as it was difficult to report the raw data of sensation, ex. You didn"t perceive an apple; you perceived red, roundness and. These sensations = perceiving an apple: universities were well financed (money funded researchers, german scholars (emphasis on scientific approach) were open to the possibility that it could be studied scientifically, professors were highly regarded members of society. Cognitive psychologists study mental structures and operations (objective research) required: behaviours that are based on images can be measured (not imagery itself)- Kosslyn; boat (show picture of boat- ask people where certain aspects are located in reference to others: the behavioural data (how long it takes to answer the question) is. Concept of imagery remains hypothetical (can"t observe what is happening in a person"s empirical and objective head)
