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PSYCHOLOGY BEFORE PSYCHOLOGY When was the field of psychology established?
ОглавлениеThe study of mental processes as a science is relatively new because it is dependent on the scientific revolution. Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920) is credited with first establishing psychology as an independent science. He opened the first scientific laboratory to study psychology in 1879 at the University of Leipzig. Wundt was interested in investigating human consciousness. He did this through the method of introspection; researchers were trained to observe and then report their own sensory experience in response to physical stimulation.
