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What movement was considered to be the first school of psychology as a science, independent of philosophy?
What movement was considered to be the first school of psychology as a science, independent of philosophy?
Who is the development of structuralism usually attributed to?
Who is the development of structuralism usually attributed to?
Wilhelm Wundt
Who is the development of structuralism more strongly and directly influenced by than Wilhelm Wundt?
Who is the development of structuralism more strongly and directly influenced by than Wilhelm Wundt?
Edward Bradford Titchener
How did structuralism define psychology?
How did structuralism define psychology?
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Who defined psychology as the study of mental experience and sought to investigate the structure of such experience through a systematic program of experiments based on trained introspection?
Who defined psychology as the study of mental experience and sought to investigate the structure of such experience through a systematic program of experiments based on trained introspection?
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Who wanted to understand how we perceive things subjectively?
Who wanted to understand how we perceive things subjectively?
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Structuralists wanted to understand how we perceive things objectively or subjectively.
Structuralists wanted to understand how we perceive things objectively or subjectively.
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What was structuralism inspired by?
What was structuralism inspired by?
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What aspect of the human body was heavily studied by structuralists?
What aspect of the human body was heavily studied by structuralists?
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What aspects of the structure of the human mind did structuralists study? Provide examples.
What aspects of the structure of the human mind did structuralists study? Provide examples.
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'What is the hydrogen of the mind', 'What is the basic unit (ex: neurons)' are examples of what?
'What is the hydrogen of the mind', 'What is the basic unit (ex: neurons)' are examples of what?
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How did structuralists approach research?
How did structuralists approach research?
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Provide examples of rigid approaches in structuralist psychological research.
Provide examples of rigid approaches in structuralist psychological research.
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Who started doing experiments for structuralists?
Who started doing experiments for structuralists?
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Describe functionalism.
Describe functionalism.
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Where was the functionalist approach developed? By whom?
Where was the functionalist approach developed? By whom?
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When was the functionalism approach developed? Why was it developed?
When was the functionalism approach developed? Why was it developed?
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Whose theory was functionalism inspired by?
Whose theory was functionalism inspired by?
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Who was an important founding figure in functionalism?
Who was an important founding figure in functionalism?
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Name 3 key aspects of functionalism.
Name 3 key aspects of functionalism.
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Was Titchener a structuralist or a functionalist?
Was Titchener a structuralist or a functionalist?
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Where did Titchener study? Who was he a student of?
Where did Titchener study? Who was he a student of?
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Who had a narrower view of experimental psychology? Titchener or Wundt?
Who had a narrower view of experimental psychology? Titchener or Wundt?
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Where is the famous lab that Titchener founded?
Where is the famous lab that Titchener founded?
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Was Cornell a women's university or coed?
Was Cornell a women's university or coed?
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Did Titchener believe it was important to understand the structure of the human mind or its functions first?
Did Titchener believe it was important to understand the structure of the human mind or its functions first?
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Were structuralists interested in universal differences or universal laws that were applicable to everyone?
Were structuralists interested in universal differences or universal laws that were applicable to everyone?
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How did structuralists view the structure of the human mind?
How did structuralists view the structure of the human mind?
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