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Structuralism and Functionalism Worksheet

Complete the following table:

| |Structuralism |Functionalism |

|Main Components |-Reduce conscious processes to their simplest components. |–Mental functions: look at real-world problems |

| |- Determine laws by which these elements of consciousness were |–How people function in, and adapt to, different environments |

| |associated. | |

| |- Connect the elements with their physiological conditions. | |

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|Contributions to the field of |-Method of Research |-A focus on animal psychology, which formed the basis of comparative psychology.|

|Psychology |-Catalyst for other schools of though |- An emphasis on the functions rather than the structure of consciousness. |

| | |-The acceptance of methodology and data from many fields. |

| | |- A focus on the description and...