PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: George Romanes, Behaviorism, Developmental Psychology
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In the united states as the 20th century began, it was a period during which psychology began to be established at universities, as shown by titchener"s extremely influential laboratory for the study of mental structure at cornell university. As well a more functional psychology was also making its appearance in various areas such as education & business. Wwi provided the occasion for the first mass resting of recruits by means of intelligence tests, an activity that became central to psychology later on. An emphasis on the evolution of mental functions meant that the study of animals became increasing important in the discipline of psychology. Born in england, edward titchener graduated from oxford before going to leipzig to study with. He then went to cornell university, where he established a psychological laboratory. Titchener"s work was similar to wundt"s experimental psychology in many ways. However, the complexity of wundt"s approach to psychology was lost in titchener"s much similar approach.
