A* Condensed Alevel Psychology revision notes for Paper 2 Approaches in psychology including essay plans organised into AO1 and AO3 as well as colour coded evaluation and explanations for each subtopic specified my the updated AQA specification.
, Origins of Psychology - Wundt Scientific Methods
● Science - systematically and objectively
Wilhelm Wundt finding out about natural and physical world
using observation and experimentation
● ‘Father of Experimental Psychology’ ● Psychology - study of mind and behaviour
● Opened first psych lab in Germany 1879 ● Systematic - standard plan and fixed
using method of introspection measures
● Research was systematic as Ps focus on ● Objectivity - not influenced by personal
stimulus like metronome and note feelings just facts
conscious thoughts and emotions ● Empiricism - based on experiment
● Wundt broke down thoughts into separate ● Scientific methodology - using standardised
measures for observation/experiment
elements to better understand structure of
● Replicable - findings can be replicated
behaviour and mind (approach became
● Predictable - general laws can be made
known as structuralism)
● Determinism - behaviour follows laws not
free will
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