Structuralism

• Wilhelm Wundt

  • The father of psychology
  • Established the first lab for experimental psychology in 1875 in Leipzig, Germany
• Introspection

  The cataloguing of individuals sensations and perceptions in the form of thoughts and emotions.
• Structuralism - Strengths

  • Use subjective methods
  • Focus on mental processes leading to the cognitive approach
• Structuralism - Limitations:

  • Introspection is not replicable
  • Early behaviourists may have contributed more to psychology.
• Structuralism - Feature

  • Applied objective scientific investigation
  • Broke down the mind into two components: sensations and perceptions