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==Functionalism==

==Functionalism==

Unlike Structuralism, Functionalism ceased comepletly to focus on the makeup of the mind.

Unlike Structuralism, Functionalism focused more heavily on what the mind does, and became the dominant model of its time. Functionalism focused on how and what caused the mind to function, and this movement is most closely attributed to John Dewey and James Rowland Angell. It was William James, however, who served as the person who began the functionalist movement. His writings and works, for the most part, stated that an individual created the notion of elements by attempting to stop the mind's ongoing activity. He stated, furthermore, that it was possible for two people to experience the same event in a different way, owing to the different functions of different minds.

 

==The Gestalt Movement==

==The Gestalt Movement==

"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" best summarises the Gestalt movement. This branch refered to Structuralism and Functionalism as "brick and mortar psychology", and saw the "whole" experience of the mind as a Gestalt. The primary characteristic of the Gestalt is the importancs of the consciousness, and the belief that wholes cannot be reduced to a listing with a description of the parts. The Gestalt movement proposed [[Principles of Perception]], which focus on how we tend to group objects.

"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" best summarises the Gestalt movement. This branch refered to Structuralism and Functionalism as "brick and mortar psychology", and saw the "whole" experience of the mind as a Gestalt. The primary characteristic of the Gestalt is the importancs of the consciousness, and the belief that wholes cannot be reduced to a listing with a description of the parts. The Gestalt movement proposed [[Principles of Perception]], which focus on how we tend to group objects.