LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

STRUCTURALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which early psychological perspective believes that the mind can be broken up into separate parts?
A
introspection
B
structuralism
C
functionalism
D
empricism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Structuralism also believes that the mind could be dissected into its individual parts, which then formed conscious experience. This also received criticism from the Gestalt school of psychology, which argues that the mind cannot be broken down into individual elements.

Detailed explanation-2: -Structuralism is one of the earliest schools of psychology, focused on understanding the conscious experience through introspection. It was introduced by Wilhelm Wundt and built upon by his student, Edward Titchener.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wundt was a structuralist, which meant he believed that our cognitive experience was best understood by breaking that experience into its component parts. He thought this was best accomplished by introspection.

Detailed explanation-4: -Structuralism is a branch of psychology that analyzes the human mind and the fundamental units that may be found through introspection. Functionalism, however, claims that studying components of behavior and the adaptation of the human mind to different environments is vital.

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