PSYC 403 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Nationstates, Experimental Psychology
24 Feb 2015
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Conditions were right by end of 19th cent. for psychology to be an autonomous science. Wilhelm wundt was the physician-philosopher who established psych as an academic discipline. Napoleon"s victory over the prussians led to the creation of the modern research university . Prussian kaiser resolved to modernize his nation through education built university of berlin, which became a model for other universities in germany, and later the world. Before, higher education had been aimed at the training of 3 professions: physicians, lawyers, and clergy (no class of scientists, which were supported by patrons). The plan for this new university was drawn up by william von humboldt. German psychology was shaped by bildungsburger values concern with human nature, but torn between materialistic science and german hope that there was more to people than brain, consciousness, and behaviour. Wundt placed limits on psychology as science culture and language were outside the purview of experimental psychology.
