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Functionalism at Chicago — memories of a graduate student: 1929–1931
Author(s) -
McKinney Fred
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6696(197804)14:2<142::aid-jhbs2300140207>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - functionalism (philosophy of mind) , personality psychology , scope (computer science) , structural functionalism , sociology , psychology , epistemology , social science , psychoanalysis , cognitive science , personality , philosophy , computer science , programming language
The author recounts his memories of the personalities and activities of the faculty members, the courses, the students, and the intellectual climate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago in the early 1930s. Functionalism at Chicago is described as a non‐self‐conscious eclectic movement, loosely systematic, empirical, and broad in scope. It is suggested that the functional tradition persists, and is manifested in current, widely adopted textbooks, in the structure of the APA, and in the wide range of interests found in present‐day psychology departments.