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Hist & Syst C4
Wundt: Academic work
Offered social psychology (anthropology) for the first time, addressing the individual's relation to society
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During years as Helmholtz’s assistant, envisoned psych as between physical and social sciences w 3 main subdivisions
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Reflections of higher mental processes (eg. language, myths, aesthetics, religion, social customs via lit and naturalistic observation)
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In 1863, he published "Lectures on the Human and Animal Mind," a significant two-volume work.
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Resigned from the Institute of Physiology (1865) at Uni of Heidelberg due to discontentment and personal reasons
Wundt set up a small laboratory using book royalties for support...Engaged in politics and briefly served in the Baden Parliament but returned to academia at the University of Heidelberg, & Zurich.
Wundt as the Man
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William James: positive view of him, him as a prime example of how education can elevate a person
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Titchener: humorless, indefatigable and aggressive
Wundt was said to have a sense of academic humor, lively lecture and used demos in class
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Wundt as Advisor
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American students of Wundt founded labs in USA at Stanford & Yale, NYU and Tufts
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Wundt: Education
Transferred to Uni of Heidelberg (Oxford of Germany), did medicine
For his medical dissertation research, Wundt studied the touch sensitivity of hysterical patients at the University of Heidelberg Hospital → described these experiments as first steps toward experimental work in psych
Conducted medical research and experiments, including self-experimentation under the guidance of organic chemist Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
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Wundt in Perspective
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Mischaracterized as having a narrow approach to psych but was actually quite broad in his interests and writing
Misrepresentation of Wundt by Titchener who was the things Wundt was not. Titchener was an elementalist, only interested in the structure of the mind
Many students founded labs and departments of psych, influencing modern psych
Wundt: Intro
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Lonely and unhappy childhood, was mainly brought up by a young Lutheran pastor
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Wundt’s research
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Role of subjects
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In Wundt’s lab, subjects wre highly trained, psychologically sophisticated. Subjects were considered > important than experimenter since subject supplies data
Someitmes students alternated as subject vs experimenter, sometimes the other way round
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Wundt as Writer
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Many of his writings were in philosophy, ethics, and logic
Key Terminology
Creative synthesis: Unique and novel complex mental experiences are formed through combining the same basic sensory and affective (emotional) elements of mental life in creative ways that depend on the individual subject.
Introspection: the inspection of the contents and processes of one’s own mind. There are a variety of approaches to introspection, ranging from formal and controlled to casual and informal.
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