<P> Psychology as a self - conscious field of experimental study began in 1879 , when Wilhelm Wundt founded the first laboratory dedicated exclusively to psychological research in Leipzig , Germany . Wundt was also the first person to refer to himself as a psychologist . Other important early contributors to the field include Hermann Ebbinghaus ( a pioneer in the study of memory ) , William James ( the American father of pragmatism ) , and Ivan Pavlov ( who developed the procedures associated with classical conditioning ) . </P>
<P> Psychology as a self - conscious field of experimental study began in 1879 , when Wilhelm Wundt founded the first laboratory dedicated exclusively to psychological research in Leipzig , Germany . Wundt was also the first person to refer to himself as a psychologist . Other important early contributors to the field include Hermann Ebbinghaus ( a pioneer in the study of memory ) , William James ( the American father of pragmatism ) , and Ivan Pavlov ( who developed the procedures associated with classical conditioning ) . </P>
who established the first laboratory for the scientific study of the mind
who established the first laboratory for the scientific study of the mind
Wilhelm Wundt
Wilhelm Wundt