Edward Titchener

Question 1

Titcheners relation to Wundt

Answer 1

1. Translated Wundt’s book
2. Studied with Wundt + was strongly influenced by him as he was his doctoral advisor
3. Brought Wundt’s structuralism to US - changed it a bit

–> Wundt: focused on relationship between elements of consciousness

Titchener: focused on identifying the basic elements themselves

Question 2

Titcheners life

Answer 2

1. Was a wealthy english psychologist
2. Studied classics in Oxford but got more interested in
   biology
3. Professor at Cornell University for philosophy and
   psychology
4. Founded “Society of Experimental Psychologists”
5. Developed a psychology laboratory in the USA

Question 3

Titcheners work

Answer 3

1. Promoted structuralism + introspection as research method to discover the structure of the human mind
2. Classified structures of the mind into basic components to determine structure of mental processes and higher thinking

–> not very influential

3. Created the largest doctoral program in the US (at the
   time)
4. First woman to be granted a PhD in psychology was his
   first graduate student (1894)