Wilhelm Wundt: Father of Psychology

When and where was the birth of psychology

University of Leipzig in 1879

Difference and similarity between John Stuart Mill

both thought about mental life but Wundt did researcher and experimentation

Outer-associations

connections based on experience ex father-hate

Wundt's goal of psychology

identify structures of the mind

Wundt's research

introspection word associations attention visual perception

Volkerpsychologie

investigated higher mental processes through historical analysis and naturalistic observation 3 research areas: language, mythology, customs

Believed...

psychology fell between physical and social sciences used experimental research methods similar to those in physiology

Legacy

research advised many graduate students writings

Inner-association

semantic connections between 2 words ex fork-knife