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FUNCTIONALISM [5 records]

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Record 1 1989-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Démarche IA qui se concentre sur l'analyse interne des manifestations intelligentes et des fonctions dans l'élément même où on les saisit, sous faire correspondre le travail de l'esprit et le fonctionnement physique qui le porte.

Spanish

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Record 2 1986-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Theory
  • Management Operations (General)
DEF

A theory or practice of putting organizational activities into formal and rigid groups, or classifications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories de la gestion
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
Key term(s)
  • fonctionalisme

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Humanities and Social Sciences (General)
DEF

The act of examining a system in terms of its structure, processes, and functions in order to understand the relationship between components.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences humaines (Généralités)
DEF

Théorie qui accorde à la fonction des éléments d'un système et au fonctionnement du système la primauté sur le classement des éléments (taxinomie) et sur les modifications du système.

Key term(s)
  • fonctionalisme

Spanish

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Record 4 1984-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
  • Anthropology
CONT

structural-functional analysis. A methodological and theoretical framework for the analysis of social phenomena in terms of both the structure of the society and the functional relation of its parts. ... Structural-functionalism is essentially synonymous with functionalism. However, the term structural-functionalism usually implies a greater emphasis on the formalistic analysis of the structural aspects of society and social systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
  • Anthropologie
CONT

structuro-fonctionnalisme. La théorie du système social de Parsons repose sur deux types d'analyse, l'une structurelle et l'autre fonctionnelle, qui spécifient dans les deux cas le point de vue de l'action et celui du système social. Ces analyses présentent à la fois un aspect statique et un aspect dynamique.

Spanish

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Record 5 1981-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
OBS

A viewpoint taking the middle course among structuralism, behaviorism and gestalt psychology. Functionalists proposed that all activities serving some adaptive function, including both behavior and experience, be studied by psychologists.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
Key term(s)
  • fonctionalisme

Spanish

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