RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
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everything serves a purpose
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focus on the roll of unconscious and past childhood experiences
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the study of
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focuses on observable behavior
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Detailed explanation-1: -What is Functionalism? 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-2: -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-3: -Functionalism. According to functionalism, the government has four main purposes: planning and directing society, meeting social needs, maintaining law and order, and managing international relations. According to functionalism, all aspects of society serve a purpose.
Detailed explanation-4: -Unlike structuralism, which tries to simply understand our subjective experience of consciousness, functionalism also aims to find meaning and purpose in what we experience.