DANCEST 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Wilhelm Wundt, Experimental Psychology, Pietism
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University reform in germany: as in other countries, universities in germany were for a long time dominated by the humanities and religion, the enlightenment and pietism fought against it but the unity only lasted for a few years. In 1740 scholastic teaching was replaced by teaching of new science the school system was reorganized and a new university model was installed with the goals of wissenschaft and bildung. Wundt and the first laboratory of experimental psychology. Wundt"s career: wilhelm wundt (1832-1920) studied medicine and worked with hermann von hemholtz identified himself as scientific psychologist. 1862: first course in psychology as natural science . 1874: published his book grundz ge der physiologischen psychologie. He defined psychology as the way in which persons look upon themselves on the basis of internal physiological changes that inform them about the phenomena perceived by the external senses. Claimed that psychology should use the experimental methods that had been pioneered by the physiologists.
