AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES AND PSYCHOANALYSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first psychology laboratory was established by
A
Wilhelm Wundt.
B
William James.
C
Sigmund Freud.
D
John B. Watson.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Wilhelm Wundt established the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig in 1875; his influence was widespread initially in Germany, but this spread quickly to Britain and the United States, where psychological laboratories were established along the lines of Wundt’s model in Leipzig.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wilhelm Wundt opened the Institute for Experimental Psychology at the University of Leipzig in Germany in 1879. This was the first laboratory dedicated to psychology, and its opening is usually thought of as the beginning of modern psychology.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first psychological laboratory was founded by the German doctor and psychologist Wilhelm Wundt. Regarded as the father of psychology, Wundt established the Institute for Experimental Psychology in 1879 at the University of Leipzig in Germany.

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