Functionalism founded as a reaction to the structuralism and was deeply influenced by the study of William James who was an American who founded a laboratory at Harvard that took a functionalist approach. Also, the theory of evolution of Charles Darwin which emphasized impact on the character of psychology. The school of functionalism was developed in United States and then stand out Germany as the primary location of scientific psychology. Functionalism refers to the psychological school of thought that considers mental life and how it leads to adaptive behavior. Functionalism refers to brain is inherently neutral, without behavior, yet forms various behaviors depending on the impulse received. For an example, your brain will receive the data