Functionalists were more interested in the operation of the whole mind rather than of its individual parts

First American psychologist who espoused a different perspective on how psychology should operate

Wundt’s version of introspection used only very specific experimental conditions in which an external stimulus was designed to produce a repeatable experience of the mind These experimental requirements were put in place to eliminate “interpretation” in the reporting of internal experiences and to counter the argument that there is no way to know that an individual is observing their mind or consciousness accurately, since it cannot be seen by any other person.