ACCT 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Carl Jung, Syntactic Structures, Ernst Heinrich Weber

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Accounting (ACCT)
• Course: ACCT 210
• Professor: mohamed

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Hergenhahn (2005) suggests that we should all study the history of psychology for six specific reasons. Perspective, deeper understanding, recognition of fads and fashions, avoiding repetition of mistakes, a source of valuable ideas and curiosity. Croatian humanist and poet probably studied in padua. First use of the term psychology is thought to be around 1506 which would make him truly the first user of the term. Wilhelm wundt (1832-1920) - in 1867 he started a course called physiological psychology and his lecture notes would later become his major work called principles of physiological. William james (1842-1910) - 1875 he was teaching physiological psychology. 12 years after starting it, he published the principles of psychology (1890). Edward bradford titchener (1867-1927) - he brought wundt"s experimental psychology to. America and showed the limitations of introspectionist psychology. However, his own methods were introspectionist and he called this qualitative experiment.