How did developments in early physiology support the mechanistic image of human nature?
Psychology was being developed with a mechanistic approach having included research techniques, which supported the scientific path to the psychological investigation of the human mind. Physiologists tried identifying and investigating the mechanisms that underlie mental phenomena. They wanted to apply experimental set up, to the mind as well.
Techniques were already developed to investigate the body. Now, they were being expanded to study human nature. Psychologists were developing the definition of the structure and function of senses. It was time to work with the subjective realistic experience of sensation.
The findings about the structure of nervous system were in accordance with the mechanistic profile of human functioning. Scientist viewed our nervous system just like the mind, which is composed of matter and atomic particles.
The findings about the nervous system stated that nerve impulse travels, from one place to another just like electrical current. The conduction initiated by a stimulus, travels with the help of neurons, and brings about the organisms response. The functioning of the nervous system, behaves like a machine being initiated by an external stimulus and the process ending in a response.