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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.

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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
• Limited use of introspection for simple judgments of external stimuli
• Maybe mention Fetchner
Titchener
• Misrepresentation of Wundt’s use of introspection
• Formal introduction into American academic establishment
• Structuralism
More recent use in psychology
• Downfall of introspection with Titchner’s death
• 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”

• Create new section: “Other Uses for Introspection”

o Subheadings:
Physics
• Introspection used to study light and sound
Spirituality
• 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

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