Presentation on the founder of the first psychological labortary in liepzig "Wilhelm Maximillian Wundt"

1. Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt
(AUGUST 16, 1832 – AUGUST 31, 1920)

2. Introduction
 Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt was known as
the father of experimental psychology,
 was a German physiologist, philosopher
and psychologist.

3. Life of Wilhelm Wundt
 Wundt was born on August 16, 1832, in Neckarau, in
Baden, Germany.
 At the age of thirteen, Wundt began his
formal education at a Catholic Gymnasium.
 Completed medical training in 3 years at the University of
Heidelberg (1855).
 In 1879, set up the first psychological laboratory in the
world.

4. Nature vs Nurture
 Shy, reserved person who disliked
meeting strangers, new experiences.
 Daydreamer,Hard worker.
 No playmates or siblings, alone a lot.
 Worked with famous people at
university.
Wundt with his lab research assistants

5. His Early Academic Career
 In 1857, Wundt returned to the Univ. of
Heidelberg as a lecturer in the Dept of
Physiology.
 When he returned, he worked as the
assistant to Helmholtz who had recently
joined the university.

6. Optical Illusion
In his studies of perception and
"apperception," Wundt discovered that
our experience does not always
correspond to the physical reality. Thus,
what we perceive may be a distortion of
reality, or an illusion.
Horizontal-Vertical illusion
Wundt illusion

7. Several of Wundt’s Students
G. Stanley Hall
James McKeen Cattell
Charles Hubbard Judd
Hugo Munsterberg
Oswald Kulpe
Edward B. Titchener
Charles Spearman

8. Achievements
 He founded the first experimental laboratory
which greatly influenced the field of
psychology, especially in the United States.
 In 1867, he taught the first course in
physiological psychology and in 1873,
published the first book on psychology.
 The first scientist in history to be called a
“psychologist” and defined Structuralism as
psychology’s first paradigm.

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