Psychologists
Wilhelm Wundt
English: /wunt/; Standard German: [vunt].
Citation Formats
General Reference
APA Style
BibTeX
Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) was a German physiologist, philosopher and professor widely regarded as the father of experimental psychology; he was the first person to call himself a psychologist, distinguishing psychology as a science from philosophy and biology. In 1879 at Leipzig he opened the first laboratory exclusively devoted to psychological studies, an event marking the birth of psychology as an independent field, and became a pioneer of cultural psychology.
Facts
BirthplaceNeckarau near Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, German Confederation 1 Death PlaceGrossbothen, Saxony, Germany 1 Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionFounded the first laboratory devoted exclusively to psychological studies, marking the birth of psychology as an independent scientific field. 1 Notable WorkFounding of the first psychology laboratory, University of Leipzig (1879) 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
In Branch
Schools Founded
Wundt pioneered structuralism's experimental introspective method at Leipzig; his student Edward B. Titchener later named and systematized structuralism as a distinct school (Titchener is not separately minted in this atlas).
In the Other Atlases
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Wilhelm Wundt
Wikimedia FoundationleadQuote, lead
He is widely regarded as the father of experimental psychology.
1. Wikipedia: Wilhelm Wundt
Wikimedia Foundationinfobox/leadQuote, infobox/lead
31 August 1920
1. Wikipedia: Wilhelm Wundt
Wikimedia FoundationinfoboxQuote, infobox
birthplace/context
1. Wikipedia: Wilhelm Wundt
Wikimedia FoundationCareer/Leipzig sectionQuote, Career/Leipzig section
Wundt opened the first laboratory ever to be exclusively devoted to psychological studies
1. Wikipedia: Wilhelm Wundt
Wikimedia Foundationlead, IPA glossQuote, lead, IPA gloss
/w?nt/ ... [v?nt]
SimplyPsychology: Structuralism
Simply PsychologySchools Founded: Structuralism, n/aQuote, Schools Founded: Structuralism, n/a
Wilhelm Wundt pioneered its experimental methods in Germany. But it was his student, Edward B. Titchener, who named structuralism as a distinct system
Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.
View At A Past Year
The atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.