John Dewey Is Credited with Initiating the Early Development of Functional

question 42

Multiple Choice

John Dewey is credited with initiating the early development of functional psychology in his paper entitled,"The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology." What was the major point that Dewey made in this paper?​

• A)​Psychology should try to analyze behavior into stimulus-response units only.
• B)Psychology should try to become a biological science and attempt to explain mental processes in terms of brain activity.
• C)​Psychology should only apply the evolutionary doctrine to the development of organisms.The evolutionary doctrine should not be used to analyze society.
• D)Behavior cannot be properly understood or analyzed into simple stimulus-response units.Behavior must be understood in terms of its result and the adaptive significance of the behavior to the organism.
• E)Psychology should be concerned with behavior only.

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