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Origins of psychology


Wundt and introspection:


Wundt's lab: first psychology lab in Leipzig, introduced structuralism


Controlled methods: standardised instructions made the procedures replicable


early philosophical roots: Descartes, Locke, Darwin

the emergence of psychology as a science


Watson and the early behaviourists: rejection of introspection


scientific approach: behaviourism, the cognitive revolution, the biological approach, cognitive neuroscience


The learning approach: Behaviourism


assumptions: observable. basic processes same in all species


classical conditioning - Pavlov: association of NS with UCS to produce new CS and CR


operant conditioning - Skinner: Reinforcement (positive and negative). punishment


evaluation:


scientific credibility


real-life application


mechanistic


environmental determinism


ethical and practical issues in animal experiments