STRUCTURALISM

STRUCTURALISM

1. 1st School of Psych

2. Wilhelm Wundt, 1879, Germany

3. Wundt: The father of structuralism

4. The Elements of Consciousness

5. Broken down into basic element

   • Introspection
     • Break down a normal conscious experience into basic elements

6. The brain can be understood by analyzing the distinctive structures of the mind

7. Elements of the process of the consciousness:

   • Sensations produced by external stimuli
     • Mental images produced by the conscious mind
       • Produces emotional components of the experience

8. Objections:

   • Conscious experience & human behaviors relationship