AP Psychology 1.1 History and Approaches
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AP Psychology 1.1 History and Approaches. Which of these men was a German scientist who studied the human mind through introspection?
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Which of these men commonly referred to as the founder
of psychology was a german scientist who studied the structure
of the human mind through introspection and hear the potential
answers Well we can get rid of old billy james
right off the bat It's Not that he's Not an
impressive guy Far from it he established a psychology lab
at harvard before our founder of psychology bigwig even showed
up on the scene He was even the very first
educator to offer a psychology class in america But therein
lies the problem America James was born and raised in
america and we're looking for a boot german lad And
speaking of people who weren't nearly german enough to qualify
from question at hand let's eliminate g stanley hall is
well all is a pioneering american psychologist who contributed significantly
to the academic field of psychology Established both the american
journal of psychology and the american psychology association a k
a the a a that annoying thing students across the
country cursed every time they have to write out There
s a citation list pretty impressive but still not our
guy Well freud is obviously the standout name in this
crowd Simply put psychology wouldn't be the same without him
He introduced and expanded upon concepts like the edifice complex
psycho analysis libido the unconscious dream analysis and a whole
lot of wacky and weird psycho sexual stuff that would
make him the type of guy you would not want
to be stuck checking with at a party But for
all of the ideas he contributed to the field of
psychology he didn't found psychology itself Sometimes a wrong answer
is just wrong answer Edward kitchener doesn't fit the bill
either Why easy answer he's british but let's take a
little deeper Oh topical kitchener is known for contributing to
the creation of a form of psychology called structuralism Well
structuralism aimed to simplify the adult mind by identifying its
simple define herbal components and then examining how these different
parts worked together to create more complex human experiences sounds
pretty simple huh Maybe even too good to be true
Well that's because it wass structuralism faced a ton of
critiques most notably because it emphasized introspection and a whole
lot of future psychologist thought that self analysis and reflection
wasn't a feasible means of research But if you're recognizing
the word introspection that's because we read it right up
here in our original question and the reason it's there
is because kitchener study beneath and co developed structuralism with
the man of the hour be helmut father of psychology
are correct answer and the only german on the list
bunch wrote the book on psychology literally His book principles
of physiological psychology was printed in eighteen seventy four and
became the first textbook in the field of psychology He
claimed his book was an attempt to mark out psychology
as a new domain of science used other branches of
science is a model to create books professional societies and
conferences for a psychology as well But way can't help
wonder how all that made him feel Yeah they're good