Wilhelm Wundt and the Making of a Scientific Psychology (Path in Psychology)

The creation of this book stems largely from the current centennial cele­ bration of the founding in Leipzig of Wundt's psychological laboratory. Wundt is acknowledged by many as one of the principal founders of experimental psychology. His laboratory, his journal, and his students were all influential in the transmission of the new psychology from Germany to all parts of the world. Nevertheless, until recently, psychol­ ogists and historians of science hardly recognized the scope and breadth of Wundt's influence, not to mention his contributions.! It was first through E. B. Titchener, and then through Titchener's student, E. G. Boring, that psychology got to know the somewhat biased and distorted picture of this great German psychologist. The picture painted by Titch­ ener and Boring was unquestionably the way they saw him, and the way they wished to use him as a part of the scientific psychological Zeitgeist of their time. The creation of this book stems largely from the current centennial celeƯ bration of the founding in Leipzig of Wundt's psychological laboratory. Wundt is acknowledged by many as one of the principal founders of experimental psychology. His laboratory, his journal, and his students were all influential in the transmission of the new psychology from Germany to all parts of the world. Nevertheless, until recently, psycholƯ ogists and historians of science hardly recognized the scope and breadth of Wundt's influence, not to mention his contributions.! It was first through E.B. Titchener, and then through Titchener's student, E.G. Boring, that psychology got to know the somewhat biased and distorted picture of this great German psychologist. The picture painted by TitchƯ ener and Boring was unquestionably the way they saw him, and the way they wished to use him as a part of the scientific psychological Zeitgeist of their time Front Matter....Pages i-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Wundt before Leipzig....Pages 3-70 Front Matter....Pages 71-71 Wundt and the Two Traditions of Psychology....Pages 73-87 Wundt’s Theory of Behavior and Volition....Pages 89-115 Wilhelm Wundt and Early American Psychology....Pages 117-135 Wundt and the Americans....Pages 137-151 Front Matter....Pages 153-153 Selected Texts from Writings of Wilhelm Wundt....Pages 155-177 Outlines of Psychology....Pages 179-195 Front Matter....Pages 197-197 Review of Grundzüge der Physiologischen Psychologie ....Pages 199-206 Wundt’s Psychology....Pages 207-227 The Theoretical Foundations of Wundt’s Folk Psychology....Pages 229-249 Back Matter....Pages 251-252