Titchener And Julie's Thinking Essay

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Even though Julie's thinking is wrong, it is logical as to why she thinks psychology is not a science. When we think of psychology we think of looking into the mind of others, however the science part comes into play when we test and analyze the thought process that our mind goes through.

Titchener would have disagreed with Julie, as he is a strong believer for psychology being a science. He developed his own method called Structuralism. Structuralism explains that thoughts and sensations can be broken down into specific elements. To clarify, Titchener used stimulus psychology, where he had his students study a simple object, and their immediate thoughts and senses would describe the object, color, texture, etc. There are many sensations that

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