BEGINNINGS OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
MODULE 1 GERMANY AND HELMHOLTZ
GERMANY EMERGES
Competition with England.
German Education.
HERMANN HELMHOLTZ (1821-1894): Exemplar of German Science
Background.
Specific Energies.
Reductionism and the Helmholtz School of Medicine.
Conservation of Energy.
Color Theory.
Audition
GERMAN PHYSIOLOGY, ENGLISH PHILOSOPHY, AND A NEW SCIENCE
MODULE 2 PHILOSOPHY DEVELOPS A NEW METHODOLOGY
FECHNER: The Measurement of Consciousness
Opposition to mental quantification.
Weber's Law.
Fechner's Law.
WILHELM WUNDT (1832-1920)
Associations.
Apperceptions
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HERMANN EBBINGHAUS (1850-1909)
NOTES
KEY
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