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)
Beware the functionalists; they describe what the mind does, not what it is.
The laboratory is psychology's cathedral, where minds are worshipped.
Introspection demands discipline, like any noble art.
Psychology's progress mirrors the mind's complexity—slow but inevitable.
Elements of mind: simple, yet their combinations infinite.
From sensations to thoughts, the chain is unbroken.
The introspective method is psychology's greatest gift.
Contemporaries of Edward Titchener
Other Psychologys born within 50 years of Edward Titchener (1867–1927).