Würzburg School

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The Würzburg School was an early 20th-century psychological research group known for its experimental studies of thought processes and higher cognition, challenging the then-dominant introspectionist and associationist views.

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Würzburg School canonical 3
Würzburg school of thought 1

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instanceOf psychological school ⓘ
research group ⓘ
activeIn early 20th century ⓘ
associatedWith August Messer ⓘ
Henry J. Watt ⓘ
Karl Bühler ⓘ
Karl Marbe ⓘ
Narziss Ach ⓘ
Oswald Külpe ⓘ
basedIn University of Würzburg ⓘ
coreConcept determining tendencies ⓘ
imageless thought ⓘ
task-induced mental set ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
criticizedBy Wilhelm Wundt ⓘ
field psychology ⓘ
foundedBy Oswald Külpe ⓘ
historicalContext pre-Gestalt experimental psychology ⓘ
reaction against Wundtian structuralism ⓘ
influenced Gestalt psychology ⓘ
cognitive psychology ⓘ
the psychology of thinking ⓘ
influencedBy Franz Brentano ⓘ
act psychology ⓘ
knownFor challenging associationist psychology ⓘ
challenging traditional introspectionism ⓘ
experimental studies of thought processes ⓘ
research on higher cognition ⓘ
systematic experimental introspection ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
legacy contribution to the shift toward cognitive approaches in psychology ⓘ
foundation for later experimental study of thinking ⓘ
location Würzburg ⓘ
method controlled laboratory experiments on thinking ⓘ
retrospective reports of mental processes ⓘ
systematic variation of tasks and instructions ⓘ
opposedView classical associationism ⓘ
elementarism in psychology ⓘ
researchFocus conscious thought without imagery ⓘ
judgment ⓘ
problem solving ⓘ
thinking ⓘ
volition ⓘ
theoreticalContribution analysis of thinking as goal-directed activity ⓘ
concept of imageless thought ⓘ
distinction between content and act of thinking ⓘ
emphasis on task and instructions in mental processes ⓘ

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Oswald Külpe → movement → Würzburg School ⓘ
Narziss Ach → movement → Würzburg School ⓘ
Grundriss der Psychologie → associatedWith → Würzburg school of thought ⓘ
linked to: Würzburg School
August Messer → memberOf → Würzburg School ⓘ