This commentary concludes that Bartlett took a functional approach to psychological theory. He hypothesized that schemata are active, holistic, unconscious, and show emergent properties. He provided ...

Durkheim's functional and structural sociology is examined with an eye to the two structuralist modes of inquiry that it inspired, French structuralism and British structuralism. French structuralism ...

Functionalism has been a dominant force in sociology since the emergence of the discipline in Europe during the nineteenth century and is based largely on the work of legendary French social ...