PS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sigmund Freud, Edward B. Titchener, Psychoanalytic Theory
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In 1879, wilhelm wundt succeeded in establishing the first formal laboratory for research in psychology at the university of leipzig. Wundt established the first journal devoted to publishing research on psychology. Wundt declared that the new psychology should be a science modelled after fields such as physics and chemistry. According to wundt, psychology"s primary focus was the consciousness- the awareness of immediate experience. He established america"s first research laboratory in psychology at johns hopkins. Was the driving force behind the establishment of the american psychological. Structuralism emerged through the leadership of edward titchener. Structuralism was based on the notion that the task of psychology is to analyze consciousness into its basic elements and investigate how these elements are related. Structuralism wanted to identify and examine the fundamental components of conscious experience, such as vision, hearing, and touch. To examine the contents of consciousness, the structuralists depended on the method of introspection, the careful, systematic self-observation of one"s own conscious experience.
