Wundt

[ voont ]

noun

1. Wil·helm Max [vil, -helm , mahks], 1832–1920, German physiologist and psychologist.

Wundt

/ vʊnt /

noun

1. WundtWilhelm Max18321920MGermanSCIENCE: psychologist Wilhelm Max (ˈvɪlhɛlm maks). 1832–1920, German experimental psychologist

Other Words From

• Wundti·an adjective

Example Sentences

In 1879, the first laboratory for experimental psychology opened in Leipzig, Germany, under Wilhelm Wundt, who sought to quantify sensation and inner experience.

From The New Yorker

“The exact description of consciousness is the sole aim of experimental psychology,” Wundt wrote.

From The New Yorker

“We are always inwardly immersed in what Wundt has somewhere called the twilight of our general consciousness,” James reflected.

From The New Yorker

But just think of how many paved the way for Wundt’s achievements.

From Scientific American

There’s Gustav Fechner, often credited with performing the first experiments that can be identified as psychological—and that, as early as 1839, when Wundt was only seven years old.

From Scientific American