Structuralism and Functionalism: Early Schools of Thought
Structuralism is widely regarded as the first school of thought in psychology.
The focus of structuralism was on reducing mental processes down into their most basic elements.
Functionalism formed as a reaction to the theories of the structuralist school of thought. Instead of focusing on the mental processes themselves, functionalist thinkers were instead interested in the role that these processes play.
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