Structuralism

key contributors

Wilhelm wundt- father of modern psychology

introduced experimental aspects to psychology

used introspection to break down psychological experiences and the mind and breaking it down to its most basic parts

• sensation

• perception

• attention

gustav theodore fechner

founder of psychophysics, the study of physical stimuli and their effect, or the sensations they create/ the ones we perceive

• logarhythmic webner-fechner law: logarithmic relationship between the intensity of stimuli and its perceived size/measure

• afterimages, even ruined his own eyesight

• plant consciousness??😭😭

• absolute threshold: minimum stimulus intensity needed to perceive a stimulus

• just noticeable difference (JND) (smallest detectable difference between 2 stimuli)