PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES
PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY
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Structuralism is the first uniquely American system of psychology.
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Functionalism is the first uniquely American system of psychology.
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Functionalism is about how the mind operates rather than its substance, or what it is made of.
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Structuralism is about how the mind helps organisms adapt to the environmental challenges they are presented with.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Focus. Structuralism mainly focuses on human mind and its basic elements are identified and analyzed through introspection. Functionalism characteristically pays attention to more objective aspects of consciousness and highlights the necessity of analyzing the mind and behavior on the basis of their function.
Detailed explanation-2: -Structuralism played a role in the drive to make psychology a more experimental science, while functionalism laid the groundwork for the development of behaviorism. By understanding these two schools of thought, you can gain a greater appreciation of how psychology developed into the discipline it is today.
Detailed explanation-3: -Functionalism is the doctrine that what makes something a thought, desire, pain (or any other type of mental state) depends not on its internal constitution, but solely on its function, or the role it plays, in the cognitive system of which it is a part.
Detailed explanation-4: -The process that will be used to explain both theories of Structuralism and Functionalism interaction with the mind and body will be the Dualism prospective. Furthermore there will be an explanation of how both these theories have impacted the practice of psychology in these modern times.
Detailed explanation-5: -Both structuralism and functionalism were important theories in their time and were among the first formal psychological theories. Structuralism influenced the development of experimental psychology and was a theory that began shaping psychology as a separate field. Functionalism appeared as an answer to structuralism.