AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Functionalism
A
Darwin was interested in the approach in addition to the evolutionary perspective
B
Function and structures of the brain and their chemical processes
C
How behaviour and mental processes evolved
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Darwin influences functionalism by saying an organism adapt to their environment to survive as the physical characteristics of animals and humans evolved because they are helpful and functional.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thus, Darwin’s theory gave rise to functionalism, a belief that characteristics of living organisms perform useful functions. So, to understand the physiological basis of various behaviours, we must first discover what these behaviours accomplish.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. The evolutionary perspective relates to the way that cognitive behaviors go through the process of natural selection just as the human body has done. 2. This perspective also considers the way that emotions, memory, perspective and more have been used in history and have evolved in the current era.

Detailed explanation-4: -William James, the founder of functionalism, was heavily influenced by Darwin’s theory. Evolution helped explain the function of physical characteristics while James attempted to explain the function of consciousness.

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