Würzburg School
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The Würzburg School was an early 20th-century psychological research group known for its experimental studies of thought processes and higher cognition, challenging the then-dominant introspectionist and associationist views.
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Target entity: Würzburg School Context triple: [Oswald Külpe, movement, Würzburg School]
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Target entity: Würzburg School Target entity description: The Würzburg School was an early 20th-century psychological research group known for its experimental studies of thought processes and higher cognition, challenging the then-dominant introspectionist and associationist views.
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A.
Marburg School
The Marburg School was a prominent German philosophical movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, associated with thinkers like Hermann Cohen and Paul Natorp, that emphasized the role of scientific knowledge and logic in interpreting Kant’s philosophy.
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B.
Tübingen school of theology
The Tübingen school of theology was a 19th-century Protestant theological movement centered at the University of Tübingen, known for its critical-historical approach to the New Testament and early Christianity.
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C.
Freiburg School
The Freiburg School was a group of German economists and legal scholars in the early 20th century that developed ordoliberalism, advocating a strong legal framework to ensure competitive markets and prevent economic power concentration.
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D.
Darmstadt School
The Darmstadt School was a mid-20th-century avant-garde movement in European classical music centered around the Darmstadt Summer Courses, known for its promotion of serialism and other radical compositional techniques.
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E.
School of Salamanca
The School of Salamanca was a 16th-century intellectual movement of theologians and jurists at the University of Salamanca who laid foundational ideas in international law, economics, and human rights within the framework of late Scholasticism.
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Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
psychological school
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research group ⓘ |
| activeIn | early 20th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
August Messer
NERFINISHED
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Henry J. Watt NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Bühler NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Marbe NERFINISHED ⓘ Narziss Ach NERFINISHED ⓘ Oswald Külpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | University of Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
determining tendencies
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imageless thought ⓘ task-induced mental set ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | Wilhelm Wundt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | psychology ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Oswald Külpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
pre-Gestalt experimental psychology
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reaction against Wundtian structuralism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Gestalt psychology
NERFINISHED
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cognitive psychology ⓘ the psychology of thinking ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Franz Brentano
NERFINISHED
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act psychology ⓘ |
| knownFor |
challenging associationist psychology
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challenging traditional introspectionism ⓘ experimental studies of thought processes ⓘ research on higher cognition ⓘ systematic experimental introspection ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| legacy |
contribution to the shift toward cognitive approaches in psychology
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foundation for later experimental study of thinking ⓘ |
| location | Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method |
controlled laboratory experiments on thinking
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retrospective reports of mental processes ⓘ systematic variation of tasks and instructions ⓘ |
| opposedView |
classical associationism
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elementarism in psychology ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
conscious thought without imagery
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judgment ⓘ problem solving ⓘ thinking ⓘ volition ⓘ |
| theoreticalContribution |
analysis of thinking as goal-directed activity
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concept of imageless thought ⓘ distinction between content and act of thinking ⓘ emphasis on task and instructions in mental processes ⓘ |
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