American philosopher and psychologist often called the father of American psychology, credited as the first educator to teach a psychology course in the United States and remembered as a founder of the functionalist school of psychological thought.
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Nationality / Culture Defining ContributionConsidered one of the founders of functional psychology, arguing that mental processes should be studied by what they do for the organism rather than by cataloguing the elements of consciousness. 1 Notable WorkThe Principles of Psychology (1890) 1 William James
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The hypothesis is rooted directly in James's ideas about the bodily basis of emotion, alongside Charles Darwin's.
Studied under James at Harvard, completing all requirements for a Harvard PhD that the university refused to grant her because she was a woman.
His The Varieties of Religious Experience is a foundational text of the psychology of religion.
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Source Wikipedia: Functionalism (psychology)
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Source Wikipedia: James-Lange Theory
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The first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States, he is considered to be one of the leading thinkers of the late 19th century
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one of the founders of functional psychology
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a groundbreaking text in the field of psychology
Wikipedia: Functionalism (psychology)
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William James is considered to be the founder of functional psychology.
Wikipedia: James-Lange Theory
Wikimedia FoundationTheories and Concepts Developed: James-Lange Theory of Emotion
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