PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Titchener believed that psychology should study the basic elements of conscious experience and belonged to, which school of thought?
A
Behaviorism
B
Functionalism
C
Humanism
D
Structuralism
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 proposes that the structure of conscious experience could be understood by analyzing the basic elements of thoughts and sensations. Structuralism is considered the first school of thought in psychology, and was established in Germany by Wilhelm Wundt, and mainly associated with Edward B. Titchener.

Detailed explanation-3: -Titchener believed that all thoughts can be broken down to basic elements, specifically, sensations. Titchener would say that when you identified the object, you put together memories of sensations from your past (color, shape, texture, smell, and taste) and hence you deduced the object was an apple.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.

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