Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a psychology based on the assumption that all mental process are useful to an organism in adapting to the environment;
2.
any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
functionalism \functionalism\ n.
1. a psychology based on the assumption that all mental
process are useful to an organism in adapting to the
environment.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
functionalism
n 1: a psychology based on the assumption that all mental
process are useful to an organism in adapting to the
environment
2: any doctrine that stresses utility or purpose