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Why is Fechner rather than Wundt contributed at the founder of Psychology?
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Fechner is considered the originator or psychology, while Wundt is the promoter. Fechner figured out how to study psychology experimentally and established psychophysics.
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What is 1 misconception of experimental and clinical psychology?
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Ask about that
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Then why do some people still consider Wundt the founder of Psychology?
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By creating this laboratory he was able to explore the nature of religious beliefs, identify mental disorders and abnormal behavior, and find damaged parts of the brain. In doing so, he was able to establish psychology as a separate science from other topics.
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What is the importance of of Wundt's "Principles of Physiological Psychology"?
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Established psychology as an independent science.
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What are the 4 themes that Wundt studied?
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1) Reaction Time, 2) Attention, 3) Feeling, 4) Association
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What are Wundt's two groups of psychology?
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1) Experimental 2) Social
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What is Cultural Psychology?
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Also known as Folk Psychology
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How did Wundt define the subject matter of Psychology?
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The subject matter of Psychology is consciousness. Wundt wanted to take the consciousness, something hard to study, and enable it to be studied experimentally.
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What is Voluntarism?
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Wundt's name for his system.
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What is Qualia?
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The minds eye. When you start feeling some thing your body starts to develop sensations that lead to a conscious experience. Wundt wanted to figure out how to study this experimentally.
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