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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