Structuralism and Functionalism.

One could say that Titchener is seen as the father of structuralism. Thought he gives great credit to Wundt, he altered Wundts theory extensively resulting in a new theory. Structuralism, in short, is the "system of psychology, which dealt with conscious experience as a dependant on experiencing persons" (Schultz, 2004, p509). This varies greatly from the functionalism approach that's focus is on the mind and how it adapts with its environment. Structuralism brought forth the focusing …

…still in use today. This author believes that structuralism was a huge antecedent to functionalism. Without the rigid views of structuralism, there may not have been such a thirst to find other approaches. Structuralism is still seen in psychology today in the practice of introspection; however, functionalism opened many doors to other fields of psychology. Schultz, D.P & Shultz, S.E (2004). A History of Modern Psychology (8th ed.) Belmont, Ca: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.