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Wilhelm Wundt

Wilhelm Wundt was a German psychologist who is generally referred to as the founder of modern psychology. He established the very first psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879, widely recognized as the formal establishment of psychology as a science distinct from biology and philosopher.

Wundt is the first scientist that is thought of as a "psychologist". He is often associated with the school of thought known as structuralism, although it was his student Edward B. Titchener, who formalized the notion of structuralism. Wundt also developed a research technique known as introspection, in which highly trained observers would study and report the content of their own thoughts.

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