AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

EARLY APPROACHES OF PSYCHOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who is credited with coming up with structuralism?
A
Sir Francis Bacon
B
Edward Titchener
C
William James
D
G. Stanley Hall
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Structuralism in psychology (also structural psychology) is a theory of consciousness developed by Wilhelm Wundt and his student Edward Bradford Titchener. This theory was challenged in the 20th century.

Detailed explanation-2: -structuralism, in psychology, a systematic movement founded in Germany by Wilhelm Wundt and mainly identified with Edward B. Titchener.

Detailed explanation-3: -Structuralism was founded by Wilhelm Wundt, who used controlled methods, such as introspection, to break down consciousness to its basic elements without sacrificing any of the properties of the whole. Structuralism was further developed by Wundt’s student, Edward B. Titchener.

Detailed explanation-4: -Edward Bradford Titchener proposed a system known as Structuralism, and essentially transported Wundt’s research perspective to the United States. a) In Titchener’s Structuralism, the subject matter of psychology is experience, dependent on the experiencing person.

Detailed explanation-5: -Edward Bradford Titchener (11 January 1867 – 3 August 1927) was an English psychologist who studied under Wilhelm Wundt for several years. Titchener is best known for creating his version of psychology that described the structure of the mind: structuralism.

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