PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Wilhelm Von Humboldt, Frederick William Iii Of Prussia, Wilhelm Wundt

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Psychology (PSY)
• Course: PSY 005
• Professor: Jibai

Document Summary

Birth of experimental psychology in germany and the. The development of psychology as an experimental science. Wilhelm wundt (1832-1920) as the founding father of psychology as an experimental science, in germany. Large role of philosophy to provide foundation for and synthesise all knowledge into a single unified view of the world (weltanschauung: economically funded by the tuition fees paid by teachers training for gymnasia. Enabled by : the unique openness of german universities to the creation of new areas for scientific investigation, the second industrial revolution (~1860), as a response to growth of wealth and modernity. Inhibited by : tension between specialised scholarship and broad, spiritual education, because of the aim to unify scholarship and research with humanistic. Bildung by coordinating philosophy, humanities, and sciences, psychology was seen as part of philosophy. Bildungsb rger saw themselves as educated elite, suited to the highest forms of scholarship (thought of themselves as possessing exactly the qualities needed for deep theology)