AQA A Level Psychology – Approaches with 100% CORRECT Answers

Approaches - Different ways of explaining psychological phenomena Wilhelm Wundt - -In 1873 Wilhelm Wundt published the first lab in Leipzig, Germany -He broke down behaviours into their basic elements, his approach became known as structuralism -He was the first one to say you could study the mind Introspection - Examining one's own mental activity and breaking down conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts and sensations. To inspect the human mind The Behaviourist Approach - A way of explaining behaviour in terms of what is observable and in terms of learning The Behaviourist Approach: Assumption - -All behaviour is learned through experience and can be explained in terms of classical conditioning and operant conditioning -Only observable behaviour is relevant; references to mental processes are unnecessary -Human behaviour is qualitatively no from non-human behaviour Pavlov (1927) - Focus on animal responses to new stimuli (must have correct amount of sensitivity, otherwise overwhelming) Classical Conditioning - A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired Before Conditioning: