Why Was the Perspective Followed by Wilhelm Wundt and His

question 52

Multiple Choice

Why was the perspective followed by Wilhelm Wundt and his followers called structuralism?

• A)They wanted to identify the major brain structures involved with behaviour.
• B)Their primary goal was to understand the basic components of the human body.
• C)They focused their efforts on analyzing the basic elements of the nervous system.
• D)Their primary focus was to describe the basic elements of conscious experience.

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