Why was the perspective adopted by Wilhelm Wundt and his followers called structuralism?
a. They wanted to identify the major brain structures.
b. Their primary goal was to understand the physiology of the mind.
c. They focused their efforts on analyzing the elements of the nervous system.
d. Their primary focus was on describing the structure of conscious experience.
Answer: D
Rationale: This was an attempt to analyze conscious experience by breaking it down into basic elements and to understand how these elements work together.
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