WILHELM WUNDT
The first book published by Wilhelm Wundt is the Principle of Physiological Psychology
False
Which university did Ebbinghaus get his Ph.D from?
University of Bonn
How do you pronounce Oswald’s name in German?
oʊswæld ˈkʏlpe
A core concept that defines how we actively organize the sensory inputs through consciousness, otherwise known as ____
Apperception
Was learning and memory studied experimentally before Ebbinghaus?
No
Oswald was Wundt’s former _________ and ___________
student, assistant
Differentiate Self Observation and Internal Perception
Self-observation - a philosophical, highly subjective speculation
Internal Perception - immediate reporting of conscious sensations and feelings
Before, how did people study learning?
By examining associations that were already formed.
A technique used in Systematic Experimental Introspection
Fractionation
How did structuralism deviate from Wundt’s central idea?
Wundt highlights how we organize the sensations and stimulus presented to us and creating holistic mental process. Whereas, Titchener is strict, detailed form of introspection and heavily focus on basic sensation
What is the forgetting curve?
Material is forgotten rapidly in the first few hours after learning and more slowly thereafter.
Give an example of a "Mental Set"
Examples with “automatic thought”
How did Wundt’s theory contribute to Cognitive Psychology?
With the way we interpret and formulate language, it reflects our mental processing abilities, consistent with the idea of psycholinguistics in cognitive psychology.
How did Ebbinghaus structure his nonsense syllables study?
He made it in a CVC pattern where the words were unassociated, homogenous, and unfamiliar with each other.
Why was “Imageless Thought” a controversial phenomenon?
Oswald challenged Titchener and Wundt’s claim that thought processes reveal that the essential element in all thinking is an image of some form.