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William Wundt did create a textbook about Psychology. The
opinion that William Wundt created his textbook at Heidelberg University in
Prussia leaves many facts about his whereabouts for several years out. Assuming
that his readings and translations were done inside Prussia is an opinion only
of the author G. Wolfgang.
It is a fact that William James did purchase the textbook
Wundt wrote and founded the Psychology Department at Harvard U (Sullivan,
2017). His first student, Mary Calkins, went on to become the president of the American
Psychological Association. Lightener also purchased Wundt’s book and founded
the Psychology Dept at Penn State. Lightener also is the father of Clinical
Psychology.
The differences between the two are one article is mostly
fiction with a few facts scattered around to pass the peer review board. The
other is a collection of solid facts which are entirely evidence based. The
Scientific Method is a wonderful tool for separating out the facts from the
fictions. I simply employed the method breaking down each point in the
available psychology articles to create a statistical analysis. The variables
which line up with each other become facts, the variables which are fiction
become clear.
References:
Sullivan, P. (2017). Towards a literary account of mental
health from James' Principles of Psychology. New Ideas In Psychology, 4631-38.
doi:10.1016/j.newideapsych.2016.02.003
Wolfgang G., B. (1975).
Wundt in Heidelberg: 1845–1874. Canadian
Psychology, (2), 124.