PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES
PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY
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Psychology is the study of mental functions/operations-NOT elements.
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Psychology is about the fundamental usefulness of consciousness.
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Psychology is about the mind, body, and environment.
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All of the Above
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Detailed explanation-1: -His most important contribution to functionalist psychology was his 1906 presidential address to American Psychological Association entitled “The Province of Functional Psychology.” In this speech, he made three major points, drawing the battle lines between functionalism and structuralism.
Detailed explanation-2: -James Rowland Angell was an American psychologist that belong to the school of functionalism. One example of Angell’s work is a book titled Psychology: An Introductory Study of the Structure and Function of Human Consciousness.
Detailed explanation-3: -Functionalism is a theory of society that focuses on the structures that create the society and on how the society is able to remain stable.
Detailed explanation-4: -History. The origins of functionalism are traced back to William James, the renowned American psychologist of the late 19th century. James was heavily influenced by Darwin’s theory of evolution, and was critical of the structural approach to psychology that had dominated the field since its inception.