Würzburg School of psychology
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The Würzburg School of psychology was an early 20th-century German research tradition known for its experimental studies of thinking and higher mental processes, challenging structuralist views by emphasizing imageless thought and complex cognitive operations.
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Target entity: Würzburg School of psychology Context triple: [Oswald Külpe, influenced, Würzburg School of psychology]
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Darmstadt School
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Budapest School of Psychoanalysis
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Freiburg School
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Leipzig laboratory of Wilhelm Wundt
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Target entity: Würzburg School of psychology Target entity description: The Würzburg School of psychology was an early 20th-century German research tradition known for its experimental studies of thinking and higher mental processes, challenging structuralist views by emphasizing imageless thought and complex cognitive operations.
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A.
Darmstadt School
The Darmstadt School was a mid-20th-century avant-garde movement in European classical music centered around the Darmstadt Summer Courses, known for its promotion of serialism and other radical compositional techniques.
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B.
Budapest School of Psychoanalysis
The Budapest School of Psychoanalysis was an early 20th-century psychoanalytic movement centered in Budapest that emphasized clinical innovation, child analysis, and a more relational, socially engaged approach to Freudian theory.
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C.
Freiburg School
The Freiburg School was a group of German economists and legal scholars in the early 20th century that developed ordoliberalism, advocating a strong legal framework to ensure competitive markets and prevent economic power concentration.
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D.
Leipzig laboratory of Wilhelm Wundt
The Leipzig laboratory of Wilhelm Wundt was the first formal psychology research lab in the world and the birthplace of experimental psychology as an academic discipline.
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E.
Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy
The Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy is an existential and humanistic therapeutic movement centered on logotherapy, emphasizing the human search for meaning as the primary motivational force in life.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
psychological school
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research tradition ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 20th century
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late 19th century ⓘ |
| associatedWithInstitution | University of Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| challengesClaim | all conscious experience is reducible to sensations and images ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
methodology of introspective reports
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study of thought processes independent of sensory imagery ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | Wilhelm Wundt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
goal-directed mental activity
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the role of tasks and instructions in shaping thought ⓘ |
| field |
cognitive psychology
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experimental psychology ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
conscious thought processes
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higher mental processes ⓘ imageless thought ⓘ judgment ⓘ problem solving ⓘ thinking ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Oswald Külpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre–World War I psychology ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gestalt psychology
NERFINISHED
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later cognitive psychology ⓘ the psychology of thinking ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Wilhelm Wundt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedConcept |
determining tendencies
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imageless thought ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| location | Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method |
experimental introspection
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systematic experimental self-observation ⓘ |
| notableMember |
August Messer
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Karl Bühler NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Marbe NERFINISHED ⓘ Narziss Ach NERFINISHED ⓘ Oswald Külpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedView |
sensationalism in psychology
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structuralism ⓘ |
| reactionAgainst | Wundtian structuralism ⓘ |
| researchApproach |
laboratory experiments on thinking
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use of complex tasks such as logical and conceptual problems ⓘ |
| status | historical school of psychology ⓘ |
| supportsClaim |
complex cognitive operations cannot be reduced to simple sensory elements
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existence of imageless thought ⓘ |
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