Structuralism and Functionalism (Intro Psych Tutorial #5)

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Glad it's useful, best of luck in your studies and let me know if you have any questions!

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[@sanaabelhimer2675]

How did Darwin's theory influenced William in specific and functionalism in general?

[@PsychExamReview]

Hi Sanaa, William James referred to Darwin's work regularly in his writing on a number of topics. In general, functionalism was about understanding the purpose for particular traits and evolutionary theory provided an explanation for how those purposeful traits would have been selected for over time.

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[@aichaakachab2451]

Structuralism I believe was established by Edward Titchner. Wilhelm Wundt established the first formal lab for research in Psychology.

[@PsychExamReview]

You're correct that Titchener played an important role in formalizing structuralism and developing techniques for introspection. This was based on his work with Wundt, his translations of Wundt's works, as well as his own research at Cornell.

[@ajmarr5671]

Functionalism: The principle that form follows function (as in evolutionary psychology) rather than function following form (as in learning theory, affective neuroscience), thus arriving at principles that are formal but not functional, and psychological principles that are true to form, dysfunctional. from Dr. Mezmer’s Dictionary of Bad Psychology

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[@matthewrichey2727]

If structuralism and functionalism have since faded, why are they still relevant to psychology today?

[@PsychExamReview]

Great question! I think that learning about these early approaches can serve two purposes beyond just being historical trivia. The first is that they can show us which approaches didn't quite work as well as planned and we can better understand why these needed to be modified (this should also help keep us humble, as we can clearly see how even brilliant minds of the past have erred). The second is that we can see how things that did work have been adopted and incorporated into modern approaches and this can help us to better understand these approaches and where they came from.

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[@shubhankar6283]

Add on to this video about Gestalt, Behavioural, Psychodynamic and Humanistic approaches.

[@PsychExamReview]

Hi, I didn't describe these approaches in this unit because they are each addressed in more detail in future units. Here's a few related videos that might be helpful for understanding each of these approaches: Gestalt: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqLUppiVf6-Fg9E Behaviorism: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2e0pGN3r5eUq5Y Psychoanalytic & Psychodynamic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qoOnhp-umJuJetk kzbin.info/www/bejne/faPNe6ysg9WEaas Humanistic: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWSQh3Zji61na6M I hope this helps!

[@dystopesia]

The problem with structuralism wasn't that it was too subjective, on the contrary; it was too objective. Wilhelm Wundt tried to quantify behavior into physiological patterns

[@PsychExamReview]

This is a good point and it's true that Wundt wanted to make psychology more scientific and objective. Perhaps the larger problem was trying to make the leap from studies of things like reaction time and visual perception to understanding consciousness.

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[@Matterful]

Hi Michael. Is there a recommendation you could give me to read about the development of these approaches throughout the 20th century? Thanks for the summary!

[@PsychExamReview]

Sure, this excellent resource site has a number of original papers organized by topic if you want to read more: psychclassics.yorku.ca/topic.htm

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[@starsandmoon855]

What was the criticism on the structuralism and functionalism.

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What is the structure of the mind? what are the components of the mind?

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[@Mikeoldyo]

A pretty long question here, how is asking the participants to describe an experience when exposed to a stimulus through introspection correlated to "breaking the consciousness down into manageable parts to analyze"? What are the "parts" here? Would anymore care to enlighten please?

[@tiyakashash4122]

hello, i asked my psych professor and he said that wilhelm wundut basically wanted to break down and analyse different parts of the brain as to how chemists break down elements and understand the chemical compounds which relates to the approach of structuralism. i hope this helps:)

[@Nafraz]

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[@karlasilva7522]

This is truly so helpful, you explained them both so clearly

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Glad to hear that, thanks for commenting!

[@Duncain-Data-Boy]

Describe functionalism and structuralism and their influences on behaviorism and cognitive psychology. help out

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[@rohanbhalerao2495]

will u pl. Explain with one more example

[@PsychExamReview]

Sure, another way you could think of the difference between structuralism and functionalism would be to think about an emotion like fear. A structuralist approach would focus more on the elements of the mind that are involved in the experience of fear, while a functionalist approach would focus more on how fear serves a purpose by having an effect on behavior.

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@@PsychExamReview Boom. It just clicked for me with that example. Really hating this current course. It feels like they were seriously overthinking back then. 😂. Thank you!

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[@sanyasingh5389]

was freud a structuralist or a functionalist?

[@PsychExamReview]

I don't think Freud fits into either category particularly well. In some ways his approach to identifying parts of the conscious/unconscious mind could be seen as similar to a structuralist approach, though his emphasis on resulting behavioral effects and explaining why symptoms were occurring and how they could be treated (even if incorrect) could be seen as a bit more pragmatic/functionalist.

[@GummBo3]

Wilhelm Wundt wasn't a structuralist tho, He openly denied reduction and atomism. Also a different common misconception you mention about him was that the used introspection often. It was a small part of his research, he rarely used it in fact. Titchener a seperate psychologist said he learned introspection from Wundt and was a structuralist is the reason for this misconception. READ INTO IT

[@PsychExamReview]

You're correct that Edward Titchener was a greater advocate of a structuralist approach and also used introspection to a greater degree in trying to identify elements of consciousness so I should have mentioned him in this video. He also brought Wundt's ideas to the US and translated his early work, though perhaps in a way that was more in line with Titchener's own views. I'd also add that both Wundt and Titchener were critical of "naive introspection" and believed that subjects needed training in order to be able to provide useful introspective reports, which I also could have clarified a bit here. Thanks for commenting!

[@nadrey22]

Hello! May I have a copy of the reading you've mentioned? I'm interested to know more about that. Thank you!

[@GummBo3]

@@nadrey22 A Conceptual History of Psychology after John D. Greenwood

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[@aloatelia3091]

Wundt was not a structuralist.His student Tichener was

[@PsychExamReview]

You're right that things are actually a little more complicated. Titchener translated a lot of Wundt's work and brought it to the US and this may have led to Wundt being seen as more of a structuralist than he actually was. Thanks for commenting!

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