Elements of Folk Psychology

by Wilhelm Wundt

This book discusses the history and task of folk psychology. Topics covered include folk psychology's relation to ethnology; analytic and synthetic methods of exposition; folk psychology as a psychological history of the development of mankind; and the division into four main periods.

Genres: Psychology, History

556 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 1983

About the author

Wilhelm Maximilian "Max" Wundt was a physician, physiologist, philosopher, and professor, considered today one of the founding figures of modern psychology and the "father of experimental psychology". In 1879, he founded the first formal laboratory for psychological research at the University of Leipzig, thus establishing psychology as a separate science from other topics. He also formed the first academic journal for psychological research, Philosophische Studien, in the year 1883.

Reviews

[Matthew Blokzyl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing book

Such an interesting and thorough look at human development. From the members of “the horde” that thought plants grew because of a demon contained in them, to the development of world culture and our overarching goal to become a world society