PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Wilhelm Wundt, Psych, Sigmund Freud
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The content and nature of the mind. The rational tradition of investigation: in order to discover the truth you have to think about it, think about your own experience, read about other people"s" opinions. The empirical tradition of investigation: if you want to know about something go out and actually observe it, record what you see and make a decision. Wilhelm wundt is considered to be the father of psychology . In 1879 he combined philosophical questions, psychological questions and the empirical tradition to form a new science. His laboratory is opened in leipzig, germany. Germany becomes the home of psychology for the next twenty years. He applied the scienti c method to the study of human behavior. He chose the empirical method over the rational method which broke psychology from philosophy. Structuralism - wilhelm wundt and edward titchener. The personal observation of our own thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.