| Front | Why did I spend an entire class talking about the chair at the University of Gottingen? What was its significant, what important things about early Psychology does it demonstrate? |
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| Back | • Symbolic of the German influence on psychology – but due to war & translation, much of the work & ideas were not known in the U.S. • Early psychological work done under the Philosophy department / chair – shows that Psychology had yet to be recognized as its own area. • The Philosophy dept chair was passed down to others who were interested in psychology. • Shows the progression of pyschology from philosophical to an empirical science |
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