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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instanceOf psychological school
research tradition
activePeriod early 20th century
late 19th century
associatedWithInstitution University of Würzburg
challengesClaim all conscious experience is reducible to sensations and images
contributedTo methodology of introspective reports
study of thought processes independent of sensory imagery
country Germany
criticizedBy Wilhelm Wundt
emphasizes goal-directed mental activity
the role of tasks and instructions in shaping thought
field cognitive psychology
experimental psychology
psychology
focusesOn conscious thought processes
higher mental processes
imageless thought
judgment
problem solving
thinking
foundedBy Oswald Külpe
historicalContext pre–World War I psychology
influenced Gestalt psychology
later cognitive psychology
the psychology of thinking
influencedBy Wilhelm Wundt
introducedConcept determining tendencies
imageless thought
languageOfWork German
location Würzburg
method experimental introspection
systematic experimental self-observation
notableMember August Messer
Karl Bühler
Karl Marbe
Narziss Ach
Oswald Külpe
opposedView sensationalism in psychology
structuralism
reactionAgainst Wundtian structuralism
researchApproach laboratory experiments on thinking
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
existence of imageless thought

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