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AS level Psychology Quiz on The Origins of Psychology, created by Georgia Robinson on 18/02/2017.

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The Origins of Psychology

Question 1 of 5

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Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

Introspection is a method to analyse your own and internally.
In the , there were no or computers to allow people to explore the inside workings of the brain.
As a way of investigating people's , Wundt used introspection to study and .
Participants were asked to describe their experiences when presented with a set of , and often their reaction times were recorded.
WEAKNESSES
Doesn't explain how the works - relies on people describing their and , usually isn't .
Doesn't provide data that can be used - as people are reporting on their own experiences, their accounts can't be .
STRENGTHS
Did other areas of the subject

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Question 2 of 5

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What did Wundt study using introspection?

Select one of the following:

  • brain waves

  • memory

  • sensation

  • attachment

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Question 3 of 5

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Wundt didn't believe in reductionism

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 4 of 5

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Fill the blank spaces to complete the text.

ARGUMENT FOR PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE
(1947) - said psychology has the aims as science - to , and .
Behaviourist, cognitive and biological approaches to psychology all use procedures to investigate theories - usually and

ARGUMENTS AGAINST PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE
There are other approaches in psychology which don't use objective methods to study behaviour - they use methods (eg. interview techniques which can be biased and interpreted differently by different researchers).
It is very hard to get a sample of the population for a study, so findings can't reliably be .
Psychological experiments are also open to variables, such as , which can be hard to

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Question 5 of 5

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Select from the dropdown lists to complete the text.

Objectivity - scientific observations should be recorded without ( bias, fault, lies, truth, sound ) and not influenced by any other factors, or any other people
Control - scientific observations should take place under ( controlled conditions, a blanket, control, quiet, no deception )
Predictability - scientists should be able to use the results and knowledge gained from experiments to ( predict, guess, assume, think ) future behaviour
Hypothesis Testing - theories generate predictions (( hypotheses, guesses, thinkers, theories )) which can be tested to either strengthen the support for the theory, or else disprove it
Replication - each experiment should be able to be ( replicated, tested, copied, used ) exactly so people can have confidence in the results

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