Edward Titchener
British-American psychologist who brought structuralism to the US, focusing on conscious experience.
Most quoted
"The business of psychology is to analyze mental structure, to synthesize mental elements, and to explain mental processes."
— from An Outline of Psychology, 1896
"The psychologist must be a trained observer, capable of analyzing his own mental states without bias or preconception."
— from Experimental Psychology: A Manual of Laboratory Practice, 1901
"The aim of psychology is to describe and explain the states of consciousness as they occur in the human mind."
— from An Outline of Psychology, 1896
All quotes by Edward Titchener (107)
Psychology is the science of mental life.
The business of psychology is to analyze mental structure, to synthesize mental elements, and to explain mental processes.
Introspection is the only method by which we can analyze the contents of consciousness.
Consciousness is the sum total of mental processes occurring at any given moment.
The elements of consciousness are sensations, images, and affections.
Psychology is not concerned with meaning or value, but with the bare facts of experience.
The psychologist must be a trained observer, capable of analyzing his own mental states without bias or preconception.
To introspect means to observe one's own experience.
The mind is a complex of processes, not a collection of things.
Structural psychology aims to discover the elementary constituents of consciousness.
The functionalist asks 'What is mind for?' The structuralist asks 'What is mind made of?'
Psychology is a pure science, not an applied science.
The primary task of psychology is analysis.
We must distinguish between the 'what' and the 'how' of mental processes.
The psychologist's attitude is one of detached observation.
The study of mind is the study of experience dependent on the experiencing individual.
Psychology is not concerned with the soul, but with the phenomena of consciousness.
The experimental method is the only reliable method in psychology.
The stimulus error is the confusion of the mental process with the object of that process.
The aim of psychology is to discover the laws of mental connection.
Contemporaries of Edward Titchener
Other Psychologys born within 50 years of Edward Titchener (1867–1927).