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Functionalism
Functionalism meaning
A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction. | The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects. | The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society.
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However, this variant of functionalism omits the possibility of what we could call the 'simple coincidence' that X, Y, or Z product produced for profit is not inherently harmful to consumers.
According to the multiple realizability account of functionalism, even non-human systems such as robots and computers can be ascribed as having cognition.
Because a computer program can accurately represent functional relationships as relationships between symbols, a computer can have mental phenomena if it runs the right program, according to functionalism.
Because a high-level language is a practical requirement for developing the most complex programs, functionalism implies that a non-reductive physicalism would offer a similar advantage over a strictly eliminative materialism.
Boas developed the principle of cultural relativism and Malinowski developed the theory of functionalism as guides for producing non-ethnocentric studies of different cultures.
Educational psychology has been built upon theories of Operant conditioning, functionalism, structuralism, constructivism, humanistic psychology, Gestalt psychology, and information processing.
The Bauhaus promoted pure functionalism, stripped of superfluous ornament, and that has become one of the defining characteristics of modern architecture.
The functionalism, or impacts of technologies driven from the cost effectiveness of new Internet websites ultimately influenced the demand growth during this time.
This structural functionalism approach was questioned in the 1960s, when sociologists came to see this approach as merely a justification for inequalities present in the status quo.