Beginning of Psych Notebook

Question 1

Wundt opened the first psychological laboratory in Liepzig, Germany (GDR). He hoped to uncover the natural laws of the mind by studying perception and other mental functions. Wundt introduced measurement and experiment into psychology. His efforts were an attempt to understand the structure of the mind and his type of thinking became known as “structuralism”.

Answer 1

Wilhelm Wundt 1879

Question 2

A student of Wilhelm Wundt and brought his ideas back to the United States. He was a college professor until 1927. He said that Psychology was the science of consciousness, or the study of experience. His movement known as “reductionism”.

Answer 2

Edward Tichner 1880

Question 3

He was a physiologist and read a lot of philosophy. He felt the two converged into psychology and he wrote the first Psychology textbook entitled “The Principles of Psychology”. He attempted to apply biological principles to the mind. He was concerned not only with learning and sensation, but rather with how an organism uses its learning and sensory abilities to function in its environment. He felt we should focus on everyday life. He realized that all activity is functional, therefore, his movement became known as “functionalism”. The

Answer 3

William James 1890 (First American Psychologist)