AQA Psychology A Level 2023 Paper 2 MS

AQA Psychology A Level 2023 Paper 2 MSlhelm Wundt - First Psychologist - First Lab in Germany - Experimental Conditions - Structuralism and Introspection Introspection Person Gains knowledge about their mental state by examining their conscious thoughts and feelings Empiricism Knowledge is derived from sensory experience, characterised by the use of the scientific method Scientific Method The investigative methods that are: - Objective - Systematic - Reliable Evaluation of Wundt - methods were unreliable as it relied on non-observable - Introspection is not accurate because people are often unaware of are behaviours Evaluation of the Scientific Approach - its objective and systematic - Rely on determinism - Self corrective - Create non-naturalistic environments - Human behaviour is not always observable to the rules of science