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  2. Experimental psychology refers to work done by those who apply experimental methods to psychological study and the underlying processes. Experimental psychologists employ human participants and animal subjects to study a great many topics, including (among others) sensation , perception , memory , cognition , learning , motivation , emotion ...

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  3. Jan 4, 2024 · Experimental psychology utilizes scientific methods to answer these questions by researching the mind and behavior. Experimental psychologists conduct experiments to learn more about why people do certain things. Overview of Experimental Psychology. Why do people do the things they do? What factors influence how personality develops?

  4. Modern experimental Psychology began in 1879 when the physiologist Wilhelm Max Wundt (1832-1920) founded the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig, who therefore can be considered as the first experimental psychologist. Wundt defined an experiment (Wundt, 1911, p. 25, spacing by Wundt) as follows:

  5. Jan 12, 2021 · Analyzing experimental psychology along postmodern lines begins by discussing the implications of transferring the scientific method from fields with rather narrowly defined phenomena—the natural sciences—to a much broader and more heterogeneous class of complex phenomena, namely the human mind and behavior.

  6. This document provides readers with a printout of a conference, slide presentation given by the American Psychological Association's Division 3 on the field of experimental psychology. Opening with a general discussion of what experimental psychology is and the role of experimental psychologists, the presentation offers a brief overview of the history of the field, how it is practiced today ...

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