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The Antecedents of Functionalism

The Antecedents of Functionalism. The Functionalist Protest. Structuralism was too limiting What does the mind do? Functionalism is all about applying knowledge. Evolution before Darwin. Plato and Aristotle Christian thought Divine Creation Erasmus Darwin Set it and forget it

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The Antecedents of Functionalism

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  1. The Antecedents of Functionalism

  2. The Functionalist Protest • Structuralism was too limiting • What does the mind do? • Functionalism is all about applying knowledge

  3. Evolution before Darwin • Plato and Aristotle • Christian thoughtDivine Creation • Erasmus Darwin • Set it and forget it • Jean Lemark • Environmental changes result in structural changes • Charles Lyell

  4. Humans and Ape-like creatures

  5. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) • Party Boy from Rich Family

  6. HMS Beagle • Captain Fitzroy was a deeply religious man • Trip lasted from 1831-1836

  7. Journey of the HMS Beagle

  8. Survival of the Fittest (or good enough)

  9. The constant battle between creationism and evolutionary perspectives exists today

  10. Darwin’s Contribution • A focus on animal psychology, which formed the basis of comparative psychology • An emphasis on the functions rather than the structure of functions • The acceptance of methodology and data from Many fields • A focus on the description and measurement of individual differences.

  11. Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) • Darwin’s Cousin • Hereditary Genius • Eugenics: Good genes

  12. Statistical methods • Mental tests • Association of Ideas • Mental Imagery • Arithmetic by Smell

  13. George John Romanes (1848-1894) • Anecdotal method: the use of observational reports about animal behavior. • Introspection by analogy: a technique for studying animal behavior by assuming that the same mental processes that occur in the observer’s mind also occur in the animal’s mind/

  14. Romanes believed cats were the most intelligent of all creatures

  15. Ontogeny recapitulates Phylogeny

  16. C. Lloyd Morgan • (Lloyd Morgan’s Canon). The notion that animal behavior must not be attributed to a higher mental process when it can be explained by a lower mental process

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