Dr. Yang is studying pain perception. She argues that we can only understand the conscious experience of pain if we first understand the role of pain in human survival and adaptation. Which early school of psychology is Dr. Yang's views MOST like?
A) structuralism
B) behaviorism
C) functionalism
D) humanism

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Dr. Yang's views align with functionalism, which was a school of psychology that focused on how mental processes like perception and emotion serve an adaptive function for humans.

Dr Yang Is Studying Pain Perception