Wilhelm Wundt founded psychology, establishing the first experimental lab and course, and authored "Principles of Physiological Psychology." He differentiated immediate and mediate experiences and formalized introspection.
Wilhelm Wundt is considered the founder of psychology, establishing the first experimental psychology laboratory and offering the first scientific psychology course. He distinguished between immediate and mediate experience and developed introspection as a research method.
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| Back | Training: University of Tubingen, Heidelberg, and Berlin; studied briefly under Johannes Muller and as an assistant to the physicist/ physiologist Helmholtz; worked with organic chemist Bunsen (burner); medical training; his interest was not in physiology but in pathological anatomy; influenced by Mill’s chemical principles; belief that psychology falls between the physical & social sciences; influenced by Herbart (applying math to make psy an experimental science) Accomplishments: • founder of psychology • offered 1st course in scientific psychology • founded experimental psy • 1st laboratory • “Principles of Physiological Psychology” (psy using experimental methods) • immediate (conscious processes) vs. mediate experience (physical measurements using phenomena in the world) • introspection (experimental self-observation)& rules for introspection • established the journal “Philosophical Studies” to report his findings • 3 Dimension Theory: strain & relaxation, pleasure & displeasure, excitement & calm • developed method of paired comparison to study feelings along single dimension (pioneered psychophysiology) • GREATEST contribution was his students (186 Phd theses) • Three main subdivisions of psy; 1. inductive experimental science 2. anthropology (reflections of higher mental processes in language, myths, religion, ect) 3. integration of social & physical science into scientific metaphysics – coherent theory of the universe. Criticism of others: N/A Criticisms by others: others questioned his experiments' validity (Tichener); writing style Systems: Voluntarism |
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