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What Is Structuralism?













                                                                                                       The study of the elements of consciousness




                                                                                                       Structuralism was based on introspection





                                                                                                       (observation of oneself, of the conscience and of





                                                                                                       the own feelings)





                                                                                                       The attempt to understand the structure or





                                                                                                       characteristics of the mind also known as




                                                                                                       structuralism





                                                                                                       Structuralism sought to analyze the adult mind





                                                                                                       experience from birth to the present) and then to





                                                                                                       find the way in which these components fit





                                                                                                       together in complex forms
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