Structuralism

Question 1

Introspection

Answer 1

Involves asking research participants to describe exactly what they experience as they work on mental tasks, such as viewing colors, reading a page in a book, or performing a math problem.

Introspection was eventually abandoned because it was not a reliable method for understanding psychological processes.

Question 2

Concepts that surfaced under this topic:

Answer 2

sensation
perception
introspection
Edward Bradford Titchener

Question 3

Edward Bradford Titchener

Answer 3

(1867–1927)
Titchener was a student of Wundt who came to the United States in the late 1800s and founded a laboratory at Cornell University. In his research using introspection, Titchener and his students claimed to have identified more than 40,000 sensations, including those relating to vision, hearing, and taste.

Question 4

Goal of Structuralism

Answer 4

attempted to understand the nature of consciousness