An introductory guide to the principal thoughts underlying present day experimental psychology for students. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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.