Which of the following was NOT a goal of Titchener’s psychology? A. Discover how these elements are grouped. B. Discover the purposes of the various elements. C. Determine the causes of the element groupings. D. Identify the elements of consciousness. Solution The below paragraph describes the idealogy of Titcher. Titchener\'s ideas on how the mind worked were heavily influenced by Wundt\'s theory of voluntarism and his ideas of Association and Apperception (the passive and active combinations of elements of consciousness respectively). Titchener attempted to classify the structures of the mind in the way a chemist breaks down chemicals into their component parts—water into hydrogen and oxygen, for example. Thus, for Titchener, just as hydrogen and oxygen were structures, so were sensations and thoughts. He conceived of hydrogen and oxygen as structures of a chemical compound, and sensations and thoughts as structures of the mind. A sensation, according to Titchener,[2] had four distinct properties: intensity, quality, duration, and extent. Each of these related to some corresponding quality of stimulus, although some stimuli were insufficient to provoke their relevant aspect of sensation. He further differentiated particular types of sensations: auditory sensation, for example, he divided into \"tones\" and \"noises.\"[3] Ideas and perceptions he considered to be formed from sensations; \"ideational type\" was related to the type of sensation on which an idea was based, e.g., sound or vision, a spoken conversation or words on a page.[4] Titchener believed that if the basic components of the mind could be defined and categorised that the structure of mental processes and higher thinking could be determined. What each element of the mind is, how those elements interact with each other and why they interact in the ways that they do was the basis of reasoning that Titchener used in trying to find structure to the mind. As per his ideology the only factor NOT valid is B..

1. Which of the following was NOT a goal of Titchener’s psychology?
A. Discover how these elements are grouped.
B. Discover the purposes of the various elements.
C. Determine the causes of the element groupings.
D. Identify the elements of consciousness.
Solution
The below paragraph describes the idealogy of Titcher.
Titchener's ideas on how the mind worked were heavily influenced by Wundt's theory of
voluntarism and his ideas of Association and Apperception (the passive and active combinations
of elements of consciousness respectively). Titchener attempted to classify the structures of the
mind in the way a chemist breaks down chemicals into their component parts—water into
hydrogen and oxygen, for example. Thus, for Titchener, just as hydrogen and oxygen were
structures, so were sensations and thoughts. He conceived of hydrogen and oxygen as structures
of a chemical compound, and sensations and thoughts as structures of the mind. A sensation,
according to Titchener,[2] had four distinct properties: intensity, quality, duration, and extent.
Each of these related to some corresponding quality of stimulus, although some stimuli were
insufficient to provoke their relevant aspect of sensation. He further differentiated particular
types of sensations: auditory sensation, for example, he divided into "tones" and "noises."[3]
Ideas and perceptions he considered to be formed from sensations; "ideational type" was related
to the type of sensation on which an idea was based, e.g., sound or vision, a spoken conversation
or words on a page.[4]
Titchener believed that if the basic components of the mind could be defined and categorised that
the structure of mental processes and higher thinking could be determined. What each element of
the mind is, how those elements interact with each other and why they interact in the ways that
they do was the basis of reasoning that Titchener used in trying to find structure to the mind.
As per his ideology the only factor NOT valid is B.