The psychological school that asks, "What are mental processes for?" rather than "How are mental processes constructed?" is which of the following?
a) structuralism
b) functionalism
c) humanism
d) Gestalt
ANS: B, Asking what consciousness does for us was the crux of the functionalist perspective.
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