AP Psychology 1.1 History and Approaches

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