PSYC 308 Study Guide - Final Guide: Wilhelm Wundt, Experimental Psychology
20 Dec 2016
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2 definitions of psychology that are most prominent: psychology is the science of the mind: psychological phenomenon is a reflection of the mind". Wundt disagrees with this definition because psychology has now created empirical methods of analysis, without the need for metaphysical theories: psychology is the science of inner experience: using introspection to see the. Wundt disagrees with this definition because the sensations we experience are a product of the physical world, which trigger. To say that we have separate inner sensations" doesn"t adequately describe the whole story of the human experience. Wundt argues that all of our emotions and volitions are connected to our experiences to the physical world. We get ideas about physical objects, and that shapes our feelings and emotions. Every concrete experience immediately divides into two factors (3: content presented to us (objects of experience, apprehension of this content (experiencing subject)
