Wundt

[voont]

noun

1. Wilhelm Max 1832–1920, German physiologist and psychologist.

Wundt

/ vʊnt /

noun

1. Wilhelm Max (ˈvɪlhɛlm maks). 1832–1920, German experimental psychologist

Other Word Forms

• Wundtian adjective

Example Sentences

In 1879, the first laboratory for experimental psychology opened in Leipzig, Germany, under Wilhelm Wundt, who sought to quantify sensation and inner experience.

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“The exact description of consciousness is the sole aim of experimental psychology,” Wundt wrote.

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“We are always inwardly immersed in what Wundt has somewhere called the twilight of our general consciousness,” James reflected.

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But just think of how many paved the way for Wundt’s achievements.

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There’s Gustav Fechner, often credited with performing the first experiments that can be identified as psychological—and that, as early as 1839, when Wundt was only seven years old.

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