I am an undergrad student working on a project for my History of Psychology class. This project involves editing preexisting articles for authenticity and content.
Wikipedia Article: Introspection
Suggested New References:
- Boring, E. G. (1953). A history of introspection. Psychological Bulletin, 50(3), 169. doi:10.1037/h0090793
- Danziger, K. (1980). The history of introspection reconsidered. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 16(3), 241.
- Lieberman, D. A. (1979). Behaviorism and the mind: A (limited) call for a return to introspection. American Psychologist, 34(4), 319. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.34.4.319
- Schultz, D. P., & Schultz, S. E. (2012). Chapter 5: Structuralism, A history of modern psychology (10th ed., pp. 87-101). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
- Wilson, T. D., & Schooler, J. W. (1991). Thinking too much: Introspection can reduce the quality of preferences and decisions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 60(2), 181. doi:10.1037/0022-3514.60.2.181
Thumbnail Outline of Proposed Changes:
• Introduction and definition
• History of Introspection
- o Wundt
- o Titchener
- o More recent use in psychology
• Criticisms
- o Inaccessible mental processes and confabulation
• Other Uses for Introspection
- o Physics
- o Spirituality
Expanded Outline of Proposed Changes:
• Introduction and definition
- o Focus definition to field of psychology
- o Augment current definition to include citations
- o Remove spiritual references for later “Spiritual” section
• Remove heading “As a method in science” and absorb information contained therein into new “history” section that is to follow
• Create new section: “History of Introspection”
- o Subheadings:
- Wundt
- Wundt
- • Limited use of introspection for simple judgments of external stimuli
- • Limited use of introspection for simple judgments of external stimuli
- • Maybe mention Fetchner
- • Maybe mention Fetchner
- Titchener
- Titchener
- • Misrepresentation of Wundt’s use of introspection
- • Misrepresentation of Wundt’s use of introspection
- • Formal introduction into American academic establishment
- • Formal introduction into American academic establishment
- • Structuralism
- • Structuralism
- More recent use in psychology
- More recent use in psychology
- • Downfall of introspection with Titchner’s death
- • Downfall of introspection with Titchner’s death
- • Possible resurgence of introspection (integrate behaviorist perspective)
- • Possible resurgence of introspection (integrate behaviorist perspective)
• Create new section: “Criticisms”
- o Subheadings:
- Integrate section from current article which is titled: “Inaccessible mental processes and confabulation”
- Integrate section from current article which is titled: “Inaccessible mental processes and confabulation”
• Create new section: “Other Uses for Introspection”
- o Subheadings:
- Physics
- Physics
- • Introspection used to study light and sound
- • Introspection used to study light and sound
- Spirituality
- Spirituality
- • Integrate spiritual introspection information, that is currently scattered throughout article, into single concise section
- • Integrate spiritual introspection information, that is currently scattered throughout article, into single concise section
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Other article areas in need of improvement <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
- o Article could use more links to relevant, related articles
- o Needs more citations throughout