Samuel Chiltern answered
Wilhelm Wundt is regarded as the father of experimental psychology. In 1879, he established the world's first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, Germany.
Wundt published the first ever experimental psychology textbook in 1874, called Principles of Physiological Psychology.
Wundt wanted to establish experimental psychology as a modern academic discipline, and as a scientific subject which was entirely separate from biology.
He founded experimental psychology upon a mathematical and experimental approach, which departed from the philosophical and speculative approach to psychology that was so prevalent at the time.
The first school of thought to emerge after it was decided that psychology ought to become a scientific discipline was Structuralism. On the basis of his own work, Wundt advocated some of the formative ideas upon which this school of thought was based.
Structuralism was the first psychological approach to attempt to break down mental processes into the most basic units of sense. Wundt's ideas were later integrated into Structuralism, when it was established later on by Edward Tichener, who was a student of Wundt.
Tichener was accused of mis-representation when he came to translate Wundt's publications into English. It was alleged that Tichener added his own perspectives and interpretations, which he denied, although he'd since departed from many of Wundt's ideas.
Structuralism didn't survive long as an active school of thought after the death of Tichener. Its methods were later considered to be far too subjective, and it was superseded by the more scientifically-rigorous school of thought known as Behaviourism.
Wundt published the first ever experimental psychology textbook in 1874, called Principles of Physiological Psychology.
Wundt wanted to establish experimental psychology as a modern academic discipline, and as a scientific subject which was entirely separate from biology.
He founded experimental psychology upon a mathematical and experimental approach, which departed from the philosophical and speculative approach to psychology that was so prevalent at the time.
The first school of thought to emerge after it was decided that psychology ought to become a scientific discipline was Structuralism. On the basis of his own work, Wundt advocated some of the formative ideas upon which this school of thought was based.
Structuralism was the first psychological approach to attempt to break down mental processes into the most basic units of sense. Wundt's ideas were later integrated into Structuralism, when it was established later on by Edward Tichener, who was a student of Wundt.
Tichener was accused of mis-representation when he came to translate Wundt's publications into English. It was alleged that Tichener added his own perspectives and interpretations, which he denied, although he'd since departed from many of Wundt's ideas.
Structuralism didn't survive long as an active school of thought after the death of Tichener. Its methods were later considered to be far too subjective, and it was superseded by the more scientifically-rigorous school of thought known as Behaviourism.
