Psychology / Unit 1 Psych 0011 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Functionalism
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The idea
Functionalism asked what mental processes are for — how consciousness helps an organism adapt to its environment.
In practice
William James treated habit as useful rather than as an element, asking what a habit does for the person who has it.
Where people slip
Functionalism is a question, not a school of measurement. It reframed psychology's subject without settling its method.
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