| History of Psychology, 4/e David Hothersall,
Ohio State University
German Psychologists of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
Chapter Objectives
After studying this chapter, you should: - Know the contributions of Fechner and Weber to the founding of psychophysics
- Understand several psychophysical measures: absolute threshold, 2-pt threshold, jnd, etc.
- Appreciate the enormous contributions of Ebbinghaus to memory research
- Know the psychological system developed by Brentano, Stumpf, and Külpe
- Be familiar with two of psychology’s greatest works: Elements of Psychophysics and Concerning Memory
- Know how act psychology at Würzburg became a popular alternative to Wundt’s Leipzig
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