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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