Wilhelm Wundt was born on August 16, 1832, in Baden, Germany. As a child, Wilhelm was tutored, which taught him to process information and develop a love for studying at an early age. Later he furthered his education at Tubingen University and also at the University of Heidelburg. After extensive education at these universities, Wundt became one of the first German psychologists and held a few different professions throughout his career life. In 1874 he started his life as a professor of Inductive Philosophy at Zurich University. Just a year later, he transferred his position as a philosophy professor to Leipzig University where he taught until 1917. It was during this duration of time and experience that Wundt was named the "Father of Psychology" and also the "Founder of Modern Psychology."
             Wilhelm was said to be "the first scientist to devote himself almost exclusively to psychological research." He was so devoted that he opened the world's first experimental laboratory of psychology in 1879. Also, among Wilhelm's major contributions came written knowledge. His most popular book, Physiological Psychology, was published in 1880. This was a two-volume work that stressed the relations between psychology and physiology. The book displayed how natural science could be incorporated into psychology. The book included an important theory that Wilhelm found and named the Tridimensional Theory of feeling. This new theory described some such feelings to be pleasant or unpleasant, tense or relaxed, and excited or depressed. He reasoned that a given feeling could also be combined with another or a combination of many other feelings. Another piece of writing that Wundt created was Vokerpsychologie (Folk Psychology). Vokerpsychologie made obvious his attempt to understand human's higher thought processes through such things as language, art, mythology, religion, custom, and law. These books are just two examples of different written contributi...