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Essay / Edward Titchener - 538
Edward Bradford Titchener, born January 11, 1867, had big plans ahead of him, set in motion by his family. Titchener's family intended for him to become a clergyman, but his heart was elsewhere (Cherry, 2014). Titchener had bigger plans for himself. While attending Oxford University, he began studying comparative psychology and began translating Wilhelm Wundt's Principles of Physiological Psychology into English. After graduating from Oxford, Titchener went to study with Wundt and soon after received his Ph.D. in the study of psychology (Cherry, 2014). There, Wundt taught Titchener all about his introspective psychology and how it helped determine his own emotions through his physical reactions. Titchener returned with an American perspective on Wundt's ideas. He then became a professor at Cornell University where he taught Wundt's ideas using his own technique known as structuralism, launching the first psychology program at the university (Kardas, 2014). While a professor at Cornell, Titchener introduced his new idea of ​​structuralism. , which f...