Functionalism

 Functionalism, in psychology, a broad school of thought originating in the U.S. during the late 19th century that attempted to counter the german school of structuralism led by Edward B. Titchener.

Functionalists, including psychologists William James and James Rowland Angell, and philosophers George H. Mead, Archibald L. Moore, and John Dewey, stressed the importance of empirical, rational thought over an experimental, trial-and-error philosophy.

The group was concerned more with the capability of the mind than with the process of thought.

The movement was thus interested primarily in the practical applications of research.

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