Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following Psychologist is not supporter of views about "Psychology as a Science of Soul" ?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe word ‘Psychology’ is a combination of two words (both Greek):
- ‘Psych’ which means ‘Soul’ and ‘Logos’ which means 'thought'.
- Psychology means: ‘Thought about Soul’. Sometimes some scholars have termed it as the science of soul and consciousness.
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Hint
- Wilhelm Wundt, a German psychologist, and doctor, created the world’s first experimental psychology laboratory in 1879 at the University of Leipzig in Germany.
- Wundt argued that conscious mental states could be scientifically studied using introspection being against that it is connected to the soul.
- He trained psychology students to make observations that were biased by personal interpretation or previous experience and used the results to develop a theory of conscious thought.
Hence, from the above-mentioned points, it is clear that Wundt was not a supporter of views about "Psychology as a Science of Soul".
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