The great psychologist

I. Read and learn the following words and phrases:

to separate – отделять, разъединять

separate – отдельный

to trace (to) – проследить, наметить

to consider – считать, полагать

research – исследование

encyclopedical – энциклопедический

ethics – этика

metaphysics – метафизика

career – карьера

to associate – соединять, объединять, ассоциировать

process – processes – процесс – процессы

precision – точность, аккуратность

to injure – повреждать

introspection – самоанализ, самонаблюдение

familiar – знакомый, известный

familiarize – знакомить

II. Read the text: the great psychologist.

Psychology as a separate science is traced to the year 1879. That year Wilhelm Wundt, the famous German psychologist, set up the first psychological laboratory in Leipzig. Hi is considered the father of modern psychology.

Wilhelm Wundt was born in 1832 in Baden. He got a degree in medicine, but turned to psychology in his early post-graduate research.

Wundt’s knowledge was encyclopedical. He wrote not only on psychology , but also in the fields of logic, ethics, and scientific metaphysics. During his professional career he published about 54,000 pages of psychological material.

The largest part of his work was devoted to the senses, especially to vision. He also studied attention, emotional processes, and associative processes in memory.

Wundt’s psychology was introspective but it was at the same time devoted to laboratory methods, including the use of precision instruments. He injured his eye sight in the course of his introspective research, but continued his work with the help of his daughter. His experiments helped to tie theory to observation, familiarized psychologists with the use of laboratory instruments.

Wilhelm Wundt died in his eighty-eighth year in 192

III. Do the following exercises:

Exercise 1. Read and translate into Russian the following expressions:

as a separate science; to trace to the year; to set up a laboratory; to turn to psychology; in one’s post-graduate research; in the fields of logics and ethics; the use of precision instruments; the cours of research; to tie theory to observation.

Exercise 2. Insert the correct prepositions:

to get a degree … medicine; to write … psychology; in the field … scientific metaphysics; to devote one’s work … senses; to familiarize psychologists … use … laboratory methods.

Exercise 3. Translate the following word combinations into English:

oтдельная наука; в том году; известный психолог; первая психологическая лаборатория; получить степень; энциклопедические знания; профессиональная карьера; опубликовывать материал; эмоциональные и ассоциативные процессы; лабораторные методы; продолжать работу.

Exercise 4. Open the brackets. Pay attention to the verb-forms. Translate the sentences into Russian:

1. Wilhelm Wundt (to be) the founder of modern psychology.

2. In 1879 he (to open) the first psychological laboratory.

3. He (to study) senses, attention, emotional and associative processes in memory.

4. Wundt ( to use) precision laboratory instruments.

5. He (to conduct) very interesting experiments.

6. Wundt’s ideas (to be) valuable even nowadays.

Exercise 5. Find in the text all the instances of Passive constructions and give their best possible translations.

Exercise 6. Translate the following sentences into Russian, using Passive Voice:

1. Эти процессы называются ассоциативными.

2. В 1879 году была открыта первая психологическая лаборатория.

3.Книга посвящена проблемам современной психологии.

4. Было опубликовано 10,000 страниц научного материала.

5. Эта работа включает использование точных инструментов.

6. Работа была продолжена с его помощью.

7. Психологов ознакомили с проблемой ее исследования.

Exercise 7. Answer the following questions and be ready to speak about Wilhelm Wundt:

1. Who was the founder of contemporary psychology?

2. When did psychology as a separate science appear?

3. Where did Wilhelm Wundt open his first laboratory?

4. What were the fields of his interest besides psychology?

5. What spheres of senses did Wundt study?

6. What methods did he use in his work?

7. Who helped Wundt after his eye being injured?

8. Were his experiments of great value for psychologists?

Exercise 8. Speak on the topic “The father of modern psychology Wilhelm Wundt”.