KEY TERMS:
Introspection:
Examining one's own mental activity and breaking down conscious awareness into basic structures of thoughts and sensations.
KEY PSYCHOLOGISTS:
Wilhelm Wundt:
- Established the first Psychology Laboratory in 1879, Leipzig, Germany
- Suggested human nature, including the human mind, could be studied scientifically
- Paved a way for Psychology to be a separate discipline and science in it's own right
- Investigated the mind through INTROSPECTION