AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -structuralism, in psychology, a systematic movement founded in Germany by Wilhelm Wundt and mainly identified with Edward B. Titchener.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920) is generally considered the father of experimental psychology. After studying medicine, he worked as a physiologist at Heidelberg University and later at Leipzig University.

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: -While Wundt is often listed as the founder of structuralism, he never actually used the term. Instead, Wundt referred to his ideas as voluntarism. 1 It was his student, Edward B. Titchener, who invented the term structuralism.