According to Angell, what were functionalism’s three major themes? According to Carr, what is the proper subject matter of psychology?
According to Angell, functional psychology had always been a part of older psychology, it was structural psychology that had drifted away from the old psychology. Angell, gave three major themes of functional psychology.
A psychological relation within the mind and body forms the basis of functional psychology. Functional psychology, covers the relationship the organism has with its environment.
Functional psychology takes into account the operations done by the mental being, of an individual, while the mental elements form the basis in structuralism. The work of functionalist movement is to determine how the mental functions operate. Under what conditions it operates, and how does it operate.
The consciousness is believed to be a mediator between, the demands of the environment and requirements of an organism. The adaptation of an organism to its environment is dependent upon its structure and function. According to Angell, as consciousness survived the environment it was essential to know, what functions it was performing and how.
According to Carr, the subject matter of psychology is feeling, perception, memory, will, and judgment. The job of the mental being is to fixate and evaluate the experiences, and use them to understand one’s response. Carr’s idea also focuses on mental process rather on mental elements.