Wertheimer, Max - Theories
Wilhelm Wundt's theory of structuralism
Explanation It is difficult to discuss Wertheimer's research and theories without explaining what he and other psychologists of his time were trying to disprove. Wilhelm Wundt was the first person that history records as having been called a psychologist. Born in 1832, psychology prior to his time was considered one small division of the larger and more illustrious field of philosophy. Wundt, a trained medical doctor, was well aware that he was creating a new field—the science of psychology—when he wrote the first edition of his Principles of Physiological Psychology in 1874. In its preface he notes that the book was written to "mark out a new domain of science." It was his strong belief that since psychology was science, there was no room within it for...
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