functionalism

Noun

 * 1)  A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction.
 * 2)  The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects.
 * 3)  The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society.
 * 4)  The theory that the Holocaust was the result of a gradual escalation of decisions and procedures at the operational level (approved but not necessarily preconceived by Hitler).
 * 5)  A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment.
 * 1)  A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment.

Derived terms

 * psycho-functionalism

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: funkcionalismus
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:
 * Japanese: 機能主義
 * Kazakh: функционализм
 * Malay: fungsionalisme
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: funksjonalisme
 * Nynorsk: funksjonalisme
 * Polish:
 * Spanish: funcionalismo
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 機能主義
 * Kazakh: функционализм
 * Polish:
 * Spanish: funcionalismo


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 機能主義
 * Kazakh: функционализм
 * Polish:
 * Spanish: funcionalismo


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 機能主義
 * Kazakh: функционализм
 * Malay: fungsionalisme
 * Polish:
 * Spanish: funcionalismo