Wilhelm Wundt’s Methodology and Rules for Introspection

In psychology, introspection tests the state of mind.  Wundt’s methodology and rules of introspection are the following (Schultz, 2012):

• ·         Researcher must know when to start the experiment
• ·         Researcher must be focused and ready to conduct the study
• ·         Must be able to conduct experiment multiple times
• ·         And the experiment must be done in various “experimental” ways in which the “stimuli” can  be “controlled” and changed (Schultz, 2012).

Wundt favored quantitative introspection because he because he believes that basing your experiments on numbers is more accurate than basing it on how you feel or what you perceive as being correct without any supporting documentation/data.

Reference:

Schultz, D.P., & Schultz, S.E. (2012). Philosophical influences on psychology (10^th Eds.), A History of Modern Psychology (pp. 65-86) Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Press.

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