Edward B. Titchener

Edward B. Titchener (born January 11, 1867, Chichester, Sussex, England—died August 3, 1927, Ithaca, New York, U.S.) was an English-born psychologist and a major figure in the establishment of experimental psychology in the United States. A disciple of the German psychologist Wilhelm Wundt, the founder of experimental psychology, Titchener gave Wundt’s theory on the scope and method of psychology a precise, systematic expression. In 1890 Titchener entered Wundt’s laboratory at the University of Leipzig, and...