Question

Structuralism:

a. was based on the idea that even our most complex conscious experiences could be broken down into basic mental "structures" of sensations and feelings.
b. ended when descartes demonstrated that the brain consisted of more than one structure.
c. promoted the use of nonhuman animals to study brain functions.
d. contended that basic human thoughts are contained in common genetic structures that are passed from generation to generation.

Answer 1

Structuralism was based on the idea that even our most complex conscious experiences could be broken down into basic mental "structures" of sensations and feelings.

Answer 2

Structuralism was based on the idea that even our most complex conscious experiences could be broken down into basic mental "structures" of sensations and feelings. Correct answer: A The structuralism was an early school of psychology which relied on a method called introspection.

This theory of consciousness was developed by Wilhelm Wundt and his protégé Edward Bradford Titchener.