<P> Definition of psychology </P> <P> Wundt set himself the task of redefining the broad field of psychology between philosophy and physiology, between the humanities and the natural sciences . In place of the metaphysical definition as a science of the soul came the definition, based on scientific theory, of empirical psychology as a psychology of consciousness with its own categories and epistemological principles . Psychology examines the "entire experience in its immediately subjective reality ." The task of psychology is to precisely analyse the processes of consciousness, to assess the complex connections (psychische Verbindungen), and to find the laws governing such relationships . </P> <P> 1 . Psychology is not a science of the individual soul . Life is a uniform mental and physical process that can be considered in a variety of ways in order to recognise general principles, particularly the psychological - historical and biological principles of development . Wundt demanded an understanding of the emotional and the volitional functions, in addition to cognitive features, as equally important aspects of the unitary (whole) psychophysical process . </P> <P> 2 . Psychology cannot be reduced to physiology . The tools of physiology remain fundamentally insufficient for the task of psychology . Such a project is meaningless "because the interrelations between mental processes would be incomprehensible even if the interrelations between brain processes were as clearly understood as the mechanism of a pocket watch ." </P>

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