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Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920) and the origins of psychology as an experimental and social science
Author(s) -
Farr Robert M.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1983.tb00596.x
Subject(s) - psychology , theoretical psychology , empirical psychology , experimental psychology , history of psychology , social psychology , psychoanalysis , critical psychology , social science , sociology , cognitive psychology , cognition , neuroscience
Some of the inadequacies and inaccuracies in the historical accounts of Wundt's life and work which are currently available in English are identified and discussed. The reasons which led Wundt to separate his social from his experimental psychology are examined in some detail and the nature and significance of his Völkerpsychologie (1900–1920) is briefly reviewed. Attention is drawn to Wundt's influence on the development of social sciences other than psychology with special reference being made to his influence on Durkheim and to the nature of the relationship between his Völkerpsychologie and the social psychology of G. H. Mead.