Oswald Kulpe, Wundt's student, founded cognitive psychology's basis by studying associations and proving higher mental functions are experimentally testable. His experiments highlighted the active role of the mind.
Oswald Kulpe, a student of Wundt, laid the groundwork for cognitive psychology by investigating qualitative associations and showing higher mental functions could be studied experimentally. His abstraction experiments revealed the active role of the mind.
| Front | Oswald Kulpe |
|---|---|
| Back | Training: Univ. of Leipzig; majored in history; Wundt suggested transfer to Univ. of Gottingberg to study under George Muller; PhD under Wundt Accomplishments: • 1st psy textbook • provided foundation for cognitive psy • investigated qualitative nature of associations • continued Ebbinghaus’s work demonstrating higher mental functions could be studied experimentally • conducted abstraction experiments with William Bryan that showed that the mind was active , not passive, and act of will changes the experience of the task (Apprehension) Criticism by others: N/A Criticism by him: N/A Systems: Psychophysics |
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