Exam 7: Functionalism: Development and Founding

Defend the proposition that functionalism was a transitory bridge from the study of the subjective mind and consciousness to the objective study of overt behavior.

Hall's Pedagogical Seminary reflected his early interest in ____.​

Who had an interest in mystical events or what we call parapsychology?​

Hall may be the best representative of the earliest roots of modern psychology in that his education included ____.​

For James,what was most essential to human evolution?​

James would probably advocate belief in the ability to will oneself back to good health.

A method long attributed to Hall,albeit erroneously,is ____.​

Describe James's early life and his days as a student.What are the symptoms of neurasthenia and what was the "epidemic of neurasthenia" in the United States? Why are these relevant to a discussion of James's life?

​Important books on adolescence and old age were written by ____.

In his most significant work in psychology,Dewey rejected the reductionism of the natural sciences and of the European philosophies.

​Discuss the several ways in which functionalism expanded the field and/or practice of psychology.

Which of the following best describes Carr's view of functionalism?​

Hall was one of the first American psychologists to become interested in ____.​

Angell described functional psychology as the psychology of ____.​

It was significant to the development of behaviorism by later functionalists that James rejected introspection as a method.

The first person who applied evolution to machines was ____.​

The most appealing aspect of Spencer's philosophy for Americans was the notion of ____.​

Functionalism is said to have been indirectly founded by ____.​

William James used the term "stream of consciousness" to indicate ____.​

James argued that habitual actions would ____ the plasticity of ____.​