Functionalism Definition

fŭngkshə-nə-lĭzəm
noun
The theory or practice in art, architecture, and design that the structure or design of anything should be manifestly related to its function.
Webster's New World
A doctrine stressing purpose, practicality, and utility.
American Heritage
The social theory which holds that a society's beliefs, behavior, social structure, etc. are interrelated and function as a means to achieve its common goals and protect its social values.
Webster's New World
The doctrine in the philosophy of mind according to which mental states are defined by their causes and effects.
American Heritage

(psychology) A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment.

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Origin of Functionalism

Functionalism Sentence Examples

  • There is no real way of doing functionalism with rapid prototyping, for example, because you can make anything.

  • He then proposes his own new approach that he calls ecological functionalism.

  • He implicitly criticized the structural functionalism of anthropology believing in the importance of personal choice.

  • It will focus in particular on functionalism, Marxism, symbolic interactionism, figurational sociology and feminism.

  • Is it possible to provide a satisfactory account of such states using only the resources of a materialist functionalism?

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