Ch. 1 Structuralism and Functionalism
Margaret Washburn
Titchener's student; first woman to earn a Ph.D. in psychology (structuralism)
Edward Titchener
Wundt's student; brought structuralism to America
Wilhelm Wundt's psychology laboratory
Germany in 1879 developed the technique of objective introspection: the process of objectively examining and measuring one's thoughts and mental activities
Mary Whiton Calkins
denied Ph. D bc she was a woman
Functionalism influenced modern..
educational, evolutionary, and industrial/organizational psychology
Structuralism
focused on the structure or basic elements of the mind
Functionalism
how the mind allows people to adapt, live, work, and play
William James
proposed functionalism Aroused interest in the subject matter of psychology