<P> William James is considered to be the founder of functional psychology . Although he would not consider himself as a functionalist , nor did he truly like the way science divided itself into schools . John Dewey , George Herbert Mead , Harvey A. Carr , and especially James Rowland Angell were the main proponents of functionalism at the University of Chicago . Another group at Columbia , including notably James McKeen Cattell , Edward L. Thorndike , and Robert S. Woodworth , were also considered functionalists and shared some of the opinions of Chicago 's professors . Egon Brunswik represents a more recent , but Continental , version . The functionalists retained an emphasis on conscious experience . </P>
<P> William James is considered to be the founder of functional psychology . Although he would not consider himself as a functionalist , nor did he truly like the way science divided itself into schools . John Dewey , George Herbert Mead , Harvey A. Carr , and especially James Rowland Angell were the main proponents of functionalism at the University of Chicago . Another group at Columbia , including notably James McKeen Cattell , Edward L. Thorndike , and Robert S. Woodworth , were also considered functionalists and shared some of the opinions of Chicago 's professors . Egon Brunswik represents a more recent , but Continental , version . The functionalists retained an emphasis on conscious experience . </P>
who founded the school of functionalism and what were its primary beliefs
who founded the school of functionalism and what were its primary beliefs
William James
William James