PSY 3121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Word Association, Lewis Terman, Intelligence Quotient
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Evolutionary doctrine and the functional psychology that derived from it took hold in the. Us towards the end of the 19th century. Wundt trained many of the first generation american psychologists with his ideas yet most did not take his beliefs with them. The new science was changing to adapt to its new environment in the us. Wundt and titchener did not deal with a practical approach; it was pure science. The american psychologist transformed it into studying what the mind does, not what it is. Some americans were shaping the functionalist approach in labs while some applied it outside of universities. Took it to the real world: schools, factories, advertising agencies, courthouses, guidance counseling, mental health centers. 1880 - no psychology labs in the us, 1900 = 41 labs and very well equipped. 1880 = no american psychology journals, 1895 = 3.
