Talk:Wilhelm Wundt

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I came here for some facts on Wundt and found almost none, and what was here looked as if it had been written by behaviorists. Some investigation into the page history showed how someone erased the large life and works section and replaced it with a defacement. Kingturtle removed the defacement but failed to restore the life and works. I created my account to fix this--I tried to bring back that portion intact without removing subsequent edits; I hope I have succeeded.

Afterwards, I re-wrote the lede to more accurately reflect the current understanding of Wundt's work, as opposed to misrepresentations by Titchener and further misrepresentations by behaviorists seeking more funding for their own approaches. Much of this was from ten-year-old memories of History of Psychology, but I have gone to other pages to ensure accuracy which I will try to find again and reference properly, sorry.

I added a section for his influence and impact on American psychology, refactoring part of the life and works into it, and adding material, discussing why his work fell into eclipse in the US, and adding more of his prominent students.

I added a bibliography section, which is unfinished.

--AllanBz 03:58, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)

i saw on this that William James and Titchener are both quoted as creating the first American psychology laboratory, which one is it? --BuddhaBubba 23:10, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

I fixed some defacement and replaced the original text in the Life and Works section. --Kloepelm 03:55, 11 January 2007 (UTC)