PSY 4130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Psychophysics, Cognitive Psychology, Hermann Ebbinghaus

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 4130
• Professor: Danielle Impey

Document Summary

Events and ideas that culminated in voluntarism of wundt. Wundt gave name to his approach to psychology, emphasis on will, choice, purpose. Name given to wundt"s school of psych because of his belief that thru process of apperception, individuals could direct their attention toward whatever they wished. According to wundt, aspect of humans that allows them to direct their attention anywhere they wish. Because emphasis on will, wundt"s version of psych called voluntarism. Founder of experimental psychology as separate discipline and of the school of voluntarism. School: group of individuals who share common assumptions, work on common problems, use common methods (similar to kuhn"s paradigm) school called voluntarism. 1847 principles of physiological psychology: establishing psych as a science. 1879 1st lab in world for study of experimental psych uni of leipzig. 1881: founded 1st journal of experimental psychology called philosophical studies (psych studies was taken) Understand simple (basic processes of mind) + complex (higher mental processes) conscious phenomena.