Wilhelm Wundt
Often considered the 'father of psychology,' who established the first formal psychology laboratory in Leipzig, marking the beginning of modern experimental psychology.
Quotes by Wilhelm Wundt
The whole of psychology is built upon the analysis of consciousness.
Emotions are complex states of feeling with intellectual and physical elements.
The method of introspection is the fundamental method of psychology.
Habit is the enormous flywheel of society.
The principles of psychology are as immutable as those of physics.
Consciousness is a continuous process, not a series of discrete states.
The soul is not a substance, but a function of the body.
Perception is the interpretation of sensation.
The experimental method is the only way to establish causal relations in psychology.
Will is the directive force of attention.
True science teaches us to doubt and, in ignorance, to refrain from judging.
Psychology must be based on experiment and observation.
The apperception mass determines what new experiences mean to us.
Feeling is the raw material of emotion.
The history of psychology is the history of the struggle for objectivity.
In the laboratory, we dissect the mind as the physiologist dissects the body.
Life's meaning lies in the pursuit of knowledge.
The experimental psychologist must be both philosopher and natural scientist.
Attention is the clearness of consciousness.
The unconscious is a myth; all is conscious in some degree.