structuralism

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Structuralism is an early school of psychology that sought to analyze the mind by breaking conscious experience down into its basic elements through systematic introspection.

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instanceOf psychological theory ⓘ
school of psychology ⓘ
aimsTo analyze mental processes into basic elements ⓘ
associatedWith Cornell University ⓘ
Leipzig laboratory of Wilhelm Wundt ⓘ
claimsThat complex mental processes are combinations of simpler elements ⓘ
psychology should study immediate experience ⓘ
coreConcept affections ⓘ
images ⓘ
mental elements ⓘ
sensations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
criticizedFor lack of reliability in introspective reports ⓘ
limited applicability to complex mental functions ⓘ
subjectivity of introspection ⓘ
declinedIn early 20th century ⓘ
developedBy Edward B. Titchener ⓘ
distinguishedFrom behaviorism ⓘ
functionalism (psychology) ⓘ
linked to: functionalism
emergedIn late 19th century ⓘ
emphasis description of mental contents rather than their function ⓘ
excludes unconscious processes from primary analysis ⓘ
field psychology ⓘ
focusesOn conscious experience ⓘ
structure of the mind ⓘ
foundedBy Wilhelm Wundt ⓘ
goal create a periodic table of mental elements ⓘ
hasNotableProponent Edward B. Titchener ⓘ
Wilhelm Wundt ⓘ
historicalPeriod early psychology ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the first formal schools of thought in psychology ⓘ
influenced development of experimental methods in psychology ⓘ
later cognitive psychology ⓘ
influencedBy experimental physiology ⓘ
philosophical empiricism ⓘ
language term popularized in English by Edward B. Titchener ⓘ
methodologicalStance experimental introspection ⓘ
originatesFrom work of Wilhelm Wundt in experimental psychology ⓘ
relatedTo associationism ⓘ
elementarism in psychology ⓘ
supersededBy behaviorism ⓘ
functionalism (psychology) ⓘ
trainingRequired highly trained observers ⓘ
usesMethod introspection ⓘ
systematic introspection ⓘ
viewOnPsychology psychology as the study of conscious experience ⓘ

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