Five Schools of Psychology Through Comparison and Wilhelm Wundt
Five Schools of Psychology through Comparison and Wilhelm Wundt
Krystal Ransome
PSY 401: Physiological Psychology
Dr. Fred Bleck
November 7, 2005
ABSTRACT
Modern psychology has many divisions and a lot of history only to say that it is relatively new in comparison to other sciences. This paper is to look at five of the major schools of psychology through their histories and theories and some comparison of them. This paper will also look at Wilhelm Wundt and make a case of him being the greatest psychologist.
Krystal Ransome
PSY 401 – History and Systems
Dr. F. Bleck
November 7, 2005
Five Schools of Psychology through Comparison and Wilhelm Wundt Modern Psychology has a lot of history and divisions to say that it is relatively new in comparison to the other fields of scientific study. For this paper, five of schools of psychology will be studied. In addition, Wilhelm Wundt will be studied, and a case will be made for him to be considered the greatest of all psychologists. Structuralism came during a time when Wilhelm Wundt founded the first school devoted to psychology in Leipzig, Germany, in the year 1875. Wundt was not seeking to start to a school, or theory, of psychology but to establish a center of teaching and learning for psychology. Wundt would not name the movement because he felt that he was doing “psychology without qualification.”[1] Wundt’s German students later named Wundt’s psychology Ganzheit psychology, or “holistic” psychology. However, Edward Titchener named his version of Wundt’s psychology structuralism in order to distinguish he was doing from those of the American functionalism movement, which Titchener also named. Structuralism, as Titchener knew it, was alive and well until Titchener’s unexpected death in 1927.[2] Overall, Structuralism dealt with the conscious mind and breaking down the mind into basic elements that could be described. The structuralists saw psychology as having a task
Krystal Ransome
PSY 401: Physiological Psychology
Dr. Fred Bleck
November 7, 2005
ABSTRACT
Modern psychology has many divisions and a lot of history only to say that it is relatively new in comparison to other sciences. This paper is to look at five of the major schools of psychology through their histories and theories and some comparison of them. This paper will also look at Wilhelm Wundt and make a case of him being the greatest psychologist.
Krystal Ransome
PSY 401 – History and Systems
Dr. F. Bleck
November 7, 2005
Five Schools of Psychology through Comparison and Wilhelm Wundt Modern Psychology has a lot of history and divisions to say that it is relatively new in comparison to the other fields of scientific study. For this paper, five of schools of psychology will be studied. In addition, Wilhelm Wundt will be studied, and a case will be made for him to be considered the greatest of all psychologists. Structuralism came during a time when Wilhelm Wundt founded the first school devoted to psychology in Leipzig, Germany, in the year 1875. Wundt was not seeking to start to a school, or theory, of psychology but to establish a center of teaching and learning for psychology. Wundt would not name the movement because he felt that he was doing “psychology without qualification.”[1] Wundt’s German students later named Wundt’s psychology Ganzheit psychology, or “holistic” psychology. However, Edward Titchener named his version of Wundt’s psychology structuralism in order to distinguish he was doing from those of the American functionalism movement, which Titchener also named. Structuralism, as Titchener knew it, was alive and well until Titchener’s unexpected death in 1927.[2] Overall, Structuralism dealt with the conscious mind and breaking down the mind into basic elements that could be described. The structuralists saw psychology as having a task
Bibliography: Leahey, Thomas A. A History of Modern Psychology. Prentice Hall: Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Peters, R.S., ed. Brett’s History of Psychology. The M.I.T. Press: Cambridge Massachusetts. Pillsbury, W.B., Ph. D. The History of Psychology. W.W. Norton Publishers: New York. ----------------------- [1] Leahey pg. 55 [2] Leahey pg. 63 [3] Pillsbury, pg. 272 [4] From course text, A History of Modern Psychology [5] Pillsbury, pg. 277