LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

STRUCTURALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
WHO CREATED THE FIRST LABORATORY FOR PSYCHOLOGY IN 1879?
A
WUNDT
B
TITCHENER
C
JAMES
D
FREUD
E
MASLOW
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: -Wundt is credited with conducting the first formal experiment in psychology, where he tried to assess the speed of thought by measuring how long it took test subjects to make a judgment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wundt, who distinguished psychology as a science from philosophy and biology, was the first person ever to call himself a psychologist. He is widely regarded as the “father of experimental psychology". In 1879, at the University of Leipzig, Wundt founded the first formal laboratory for psychological research.

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