Summarize the approaches of structuralism and functionalism and describe their key differences
What will be an ideal response?
* Structuralism is the earliest approach in psychology, with the goal of analyzing the basic elements of conscious experience, and was founded by Edward Titchner.
* Titchner often used introspection as his primary method for reporting the contents of conscious experience.
* Functionalism is an approach to psychology that focused on the functions of the consciousness. William James was an early proponent.
* Functionalism was more interested in what the mind did and why, instead of its basic elements, and was therefore interested in applications of psychology.
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