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Compare and contrast Wundt’s view of psychology with Titchener’s.

Compare and contrast Wundt’s view of psychology with Titchener’s.

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Wundt was born in Germany, Mannheim. He was the part of the intellectual family. Wundt studied the disciplines including physiology, medicines and psychology. He started his career as the professor in Heidelberg. He got success in establishing his own laboratory of psychology at University of Leipzig. He is responsible for the establishment of psychology as a science to study, whereas Tichener was born in England, the place is known as the Chichester.

He was the student of the classics and philosophy at Oxford University. Later he became the research assistant in the field of philosophy. He was one of the students of Wundt. He had earned his degree under Wundt only. He worked as a professor of biology in Oxford and professor of psychology at New Cornell University. Tichener was always identified with the professional as well as the personal style of the Wundt.

Tichener was strongly disagreeing with the philosophical vision of the Wundt especially the views founded on the cultural, linguistic and social studies. Wundt identified the psychological phenomenon through the technique called as the introspection. Wundt avoided the relationship of the soul and the body, while conducting his psychological studies. Tichener derived the connections between the physiological conditions and the perceptions. He had followed the concept of the consciousness instead of the introspection.

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