AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Wilhelm Wundt and the structuralists studied questions still asked today primarily by
A
humanistic approach
B
behavioral approach
C
cognitive approach
D
socio-cultural approach
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Introspection as the method of study used by Wilhelm Wundt involved: looking inside one’s own mind.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wundt founded experimental psychology as a discipline and became a pioneer of cultural psychology. He created a broad research programme in empirical psychology and developed a system of philosophy and ethics from the basic concepts of his psychology – bringing together several disciplines in one person.

Detailed explanation-3: -Structuralism sought to analyze the adult mind (defined as the sum total of experience from birth to the present) in terms of the simplest definable components and then to find the way in which these components fit together in complex forms. Wilhelm Wundt.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cognitive Psychology is the science of how we think. It’s concerned with our inner mental processes such as attention, perception, memory, action planning, and language.

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