A traditional "school" within psychology that emphasized the adaptation of the organism to its environment and focused on questions such as what role a particular system served for an organism is called ______.

A) functionalism
B) structuralism
C) behaviorism
D) connectionism

Functionalism

A perspective in social science and psychology that focuses on the roles or functions of behaviors and mental processes in individuals and society.

Adaptation

in biology, refers to the process by which organisms adjust to changes in their environment to survive and reproduce, while in psychology, it can denote adjustments in cognitive or behavioral processes.

Organism

An organism is any living entity, ranging from a single-celled life form to more complex multicellular beings, such as humans.