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Voluntarism is the theory of the mind formulated by [[Willhelm Wundt]], and focuses on the aspect of the mind as elements. He believed that the elements were assembled through the power of the will. [[Chemistry]] played a significant role in Wundt's theory, as he attempted to use the concept of "the small makes the ultimate result". Wundt worked with Dimitri Mendeleev (The man who wrote the [[Periodic table of the elements]].
 
Voluntarism is the theory of the mind formulated by [[Willhelm Wundt]], and focuses on the aspect of the mind as elements. He believed that the elements were assembled through the power of the will. [[Chemistry]] played a significant role in Wundt's theory, as he attempted to use the concept of "the small makes the ultimate result". Wundt worked with Dimitri Mendeleev (The man who wrote the [[Periodic table of the elements]].
 
==Strucuturalism==
 
==Strucuturalism==
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Rather than focusing on how the mind works, Structuralism attempts to focus on what the mind is, although it shares a number of ideas with voluntarism, prohibiting it from doing so. This branch, formed by American psychologist [[Edward Titchener|Edward Bradfort Titchner]] focused on stimulus error, and contests that only well-trained observers  
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Rather than focusing on how the mind works, Structuralism attempts to focus on what the mind is, although it shares a number of ideas with voluntarism, prohibiting it from doing so. This branch, formed by American psychologist [[Edward Titchener|Edward Bradfort Titchner]] focused on stimulus error, and contests that only well-trained observers are capable of introspecting concepts. Titchner offered no means by which a "well trained" observer could be recognised.
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Like his predecessor, Wundt, Titchner listed the elements he believed made the mind function, a total of 44,000 [[sense|sensational]] elements. He further broke these elements into four categories
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#Quality - What seperates one sensation from another
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#Intensity - How strong the sensation is
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#Duration - How long a sensation lasts for
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#Clearness -  How detailed the sensation is
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==Functionalism==
 
==Functionalism==
  
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