History of Psychology

Question 1

Wilhelm Wundt “Father of Psychology”

Answer 1

Contribution to Psychology:
- Separated Psychology from Philosophy
- Scientific Psychology started in Leipzig, Germany in 1879.
- Wundt established the first true experimental laboratory in modern psychology.

Question 2

Edward Titchener “1st Student”

Answer 2

• Major student of Wundt
• Wundt = 2st teacher
• Titchener = 1st student
  Contribution to
• Created structuralism .

Question 3

William James “Father of American Psychology”

Answer 3

Professor at Harvard University, first to teach a psychology course
His book The Principles of Psychology is considered one of the most classic and influential texts in psychology’s history.
Created functionalism.