Science of the mind — or a mindless science?

Abstract

It is exactly one hundred years since Wundt founded the first laboratory at the University of Leipzig in an attempt to establish experimental psychology as a separate field of scientific enquiry. Five years ago, fired with enthusiasm, I enrolled for a degree in Experimental Psychology. I felt that this was a pioneering subject which was exploring new ways of examining the components which make up the individual. Two years ago, disillusioned, I obtained my degree and have since found it to be virtually worthless. Psychology has become the laughing‐stock of the social sciences, and unless a radical change is made in the assumptions underlying its research, it would seem that within fifty years it will be an obsolete subject.

Citation

Ibbett, C. (1980), "Science of the mind — or a mindless science?", Education + Training, Vol. 22 No. 3, pp. 89-91. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb016694