Wilhelm Wundt is credited for establishing modern psychology and therefore is often referred to as the Father of Psychology.
In 1879, Wundt started the Institute for Experimenal Psychology at the University of Leipzig in Germany. Initially the Institute attracted German philosophers and early students of psychology. It also was a draw for students from Europe and North America. The Institute’s laboratory became a model for the development of psychology labs at other schools around the world.
Wundt was the first academic to call himself a psychologist. Wundt’s greatest contribution was perhaps his separation of psychology from the fields of philosophy and biology. This new discipline was grounded in analyzing the mind in more structured ways, using scientific methods to measure variables in highly controlled environments. This led to the acceptance of psychology as a legitimate scientific field.
It should be noted that some people point to Sigmund Freud as the Father of Psychology. However, he is better known as the Father of Psychoanalysis, which is just one area of study under the broader discipline of psychology.
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