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Organismic Theory and Structuralism

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Organismic TheorySchools and MovementsStructuralismSchools and Movements

10 distinct claims across these entries, 1 of them held by every one of them.

Organismic Theory 2 claims. Structuralism 9 claims.

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Organismic Theory

Shared with Structuralism10%
Shared by Both
In Branch1
Cognitive PsychologyType: branchConnectedWell-attested
Only in Organismic Theory
Core Stance1
Whole Person 1Well-attested
Founded By

None Recorded

Has Member

None Recorded

Opposed By

None Recorded

Organismic Theory Rejects
Associated With

None Recorded

Organismic Theory Holds Differently
Associated With

None Recorded

Structuralism

Shared with Organismic Theory10%
Shared by Both
In Branch1
Cognitive PsychologyType: branchConnectedWell-attested
Only in Structuralism
Core Stance1
Mind 2Well-attested
Founded By2
Edward B. TitchenerType: psychologistConnectedWell-attestedWilhelm WundtType: psychologistHoldsScholarly debateWundt is recorded here as founder for his 1879 Leipzig laboratory, the institutional origin structuralism grew from. The atlas's own cited source states plainly that his student Edward B. Titchener, not Wundt, is credited for the theory of structuralism, since Titchener named the school and departed from Wundt's own voluntarism. Titchener does not yet have an entry in this atlas, so the alternate founder cannot be linked as its own edge; it is recorded here and as a dissent instead.
Has Member1
Oswald KülpeType: psychologistHoldsWell-attested
Opposed By1
FunctionalismType: schoolHoldsWell-attested
Structuralism Rejects
Associated With1
BehaviorismType: schoolRejected HereWell-attestedWatson's 1913 behaviorist manifesto rejected introspection and the analysis of consciousness into elementary mental constituents that structuralism had made its method and subject matter, redefining psychology as a purely objective science of behavior.
Structuralism Holds Differently
Associated With2
FunctionalismType: schoolHeld DifferentlyWell-attestedGestalt PsychologyType: schoolHeld DifferentlyWell-attestedGestalt psychology arose as a direct reaction against structuralism, offering a different account of how perception is organized (as wholes) rather than structuralism's decomposition into elemental sensations.

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Attributes

Organismic TheoryStructuralism
TypeSchools and Movements
ClassificationCognitive Psychology
Facts
Organismic TheoryStructuralism
Core StanceWhole Person 1Mind 2
Sources For These Facts
  1. Wikipedia: Organismic Theory
  2. OpenStax: Psychology 2e: 1.2 History of Psychology

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