George Elias Muller, or "The Experimentalist," founded the first psychology journal and pioneered research on memory, attitude, and psychophysics, discovering retroactive inhibition.
George Elias Muller, known as "The Experimentalist," published the first psychology journal and pioneered memory measurement and the study of attitude. He discovered retroactive inhibition and contributed significantly to psychophysics.
| Front | George Elias Muller “The Experimentalist” |
|---|---|
| Back | Training: Leipzig university; history & philosophy; after Army studied psychology; Phd in philosophy under Lotze Accomplishments: • Published 1st psych journal “Mind”; • 1st to study ‘attitude’; • psychophysics (perception) advanced principles of attention, sensitivity, discrimination, ect • pioneered memory measurement (reaction time); • discovered retroactive inhibition (old memory interferes with new memory/ learning); • studied color vision (brain adds gray to retinally induced colors) • Five Psychophysical axoms: (greatly influenced Gestalt Psy) 1. every state of consciousness is based upon material event 2. similarity/ difference of sensation corresponds to a psychophysiological difference 3. change of sensations corresponds to psychophysiological change 4. sensation can be increased or decreased, lower limit is 0 5. production of intermediate levels of intensity through mixture of extremes Criticisms of others: bad temper; wrote nasty critiques; rejected Gestalt; rejected metaphysics Criticisms by others: N/A Systems: Psychophysics |
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