Trephining Vs Functionalism
In ancient times before people knew anything behind the science of the human mind and it’s functions, they used to believe that “evil spirits” were the reason behind one’s psychological problems. If a person was behaving in a certain way that was considered abnormal, they would use a method known as trephining. Trephining is a surgical procedure that involves drilling a hole in a human’s skull in attempt to release any unwanted demons. The trepanned skulls found by archaeologists usually shows a round hole, which varied in size from just a few centimeters in diameter to nearly half of the skull. Scientists believed that this was the most effective and efficient way to cure a person’s health problems or any other diseases they may have. In other
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Functionalism is an early approach to psychology that concentrated on what the mind does-the functions of the mental activity-and the role of behavior in allowing people to adapt to their environments. Many functionalists study the role of different parts of society, social institutions in bringing about the pattern of shared and stable behavior. Functionalism interprets each part of society in terms of how it contributes to the stability of the whole society. They claim that society is a complex system made up parts that all work together to keep the whole system going. They examined the roles an individual plays in a family and how if affects the whole outcome. If an individual role are not met then a family cannot function. Functionalism make observations about different types of behavior and determine rates at which various behavior occurs. For example, the government provides free education for children from the taxes that society pays. They family depends on the school system to provide their children with education so that they can get jobs and be able to provide for their own families one day. Now the children becomes taxpaying citizens who supports the government. If all goes well those parts of society maintained a secure order, stability and
Functionalism is an early approach to psychology that concentrated on what the mind does-the functions of the mental activity-and the role of behavior in allowing people to adapt to their environments. Many functionalists study the role of different parts of society, social institutions in bringing about the pattern of shared and stable behavior. Functionalism interprets each part of society in terms of how it contributes to the stability of the whole society. They claim that society is a complex system made up parts that all work together to keep the whole system going. They examined the roles an individual plays in a family and how if affects the whole outcome. If an individual role are not met then a family cannot function. Functionalism make observations about different types of behavior and determine rates at which various behavior occurs. For example, the government provides free education for children from the taxes that society pays. They family depends on the school system to provide their children with education so that they can get jobs and be able to provide for their own families one day. Now the children becomes taxpaying citizens who supports the government. If all goes well those parts of society maintained a secure order, stability and