AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The focus of structuralism was on reducing mental processes down into their most basic elements. The structuralists used techniques such as introspection to analyze the inner processes of the human mind.

Detailed explanation-2: -Introspection: Structuralism’s Main Technique Introspection is the process by which a person looks inward at their own mental processes to gain insight into how they work. It is the self-observation of one’s consciousness. Wundt’s introspection was not a casual affair, but a highly practiced form of self-examination.

Detailed explanation-3: -Structuralism as a school of psychology seeks to analyze the adult mind (the total sum of experience from birth to the present) in terms of the simplest definable components and then to find how these components fit together to form more complex experiences as well as how they correlate to physical events.

Detailed explanation-4: -The major tool of structuralist psychology was introspection (a careful set of observations made under controlled conditions by trained observers using a stringently defined descriptive vocabulary).

Detailed explanation-5: -It arose as a response to structuralism and focused on the contents of consciousness. It was heavily influenced by the theory of evolution of Charles Darwin. This school of psychology completely denied the principle of introspection.