Wilhelm Wundt’s student, Edward Titchener, developed an approach in which the mind is broken into the smallest elements of mental experience. What was this approach called?

This approach is called as structuralism.

Explanation:

Structuralism is a sociological approach which helps in analyzing the human behavior and culture and cognition. Psychology defines structuralism as the study of the elements of consciousness. In structuralism approach the conscious experience is broken down into basic conscious elements.

The term structuralism was coined by Edward B. Titchener, while Wilhelm Wundt was considered as the father of structuralism.

In this concept, the experience is broken into basic small elements. To explain this theory, views, emotions and introspection report of the person is observed.

using the scientific method.