Wundt's influence

Ebbinghaus (1850-1909)

• associationism

• developed verbal learning paradigms (nonsense CVC syllables)

• had a MECHANICAL concept of the mind

Brentano’s ‘Act Psychology’

• molar approach to consciousness

• looks more largely at actions required to perceive

• ‘intentionality’ of conscious acts (every conscious state has a purpose to action)

Stumpf (1848-1936)

study of tones (early psych of music)

Muller (1850-1934)

• memory research

• interested in how memory can be shaped and influenced depending on the context one is in/context memory is presented

• invented memory drum

Kulpe (1862-1915) + students

• mental sets: after receiving, observers minds were ‘prepared’ to function in certain way

• imageless thought: perhaps images were not necessary to thought (lifting a weight doesn’t need a mental image of doing so)

• conscious attitudes: hesitation, doubt, fatigue, ect