AQA PSYCHOLOGY - ORIGINS OF PSYCHOLOGY EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED

AQA PSYCHOLOGY - ORIGINS OF PSYCHOLOGY EXAM ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED Who is Wilhelm Wundt? Wundt is labelled the 'father of psychology' as he was the first to set up a lab on a psychological aspect - introspection. What is introspection? A systematic method used to study the mind by breaking up conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts, images and sensations. What is structuralism? Isolating the structure of unconsciousness. Used in introspection. What was Wundt's procedure into investigation introspection? Lab study. Assessed how different stimuli (like a metronome, light and a ball dropping) in a room made people feel and they were asked to report sensations. What was the aim of Wundt's study? To analyse the feelings of participants to determine the underlying structure of their mind as it cannot be seen. Was Wundt's work significant? Although Wundt's early attempt to study the mind would be seen as naïve today, his work was significant as it marked the separation of modern psychology from its broarder ph