psychologists who focus on the adaptive function of behaviors and emotions (that is, those who study behaviors and emotions that appear to have allowed our ancestors to survive) would likely consider William James an early representative of their approach to psychology.
American philosopher, historian, and psychologist William James was the country's first teacher to provide a psychology course. James is regarded as a major thinker of the late 19th century, one of America's most significant thinkers, and the "Father of American psychology."
James founded the pragmatist philosophical system with Charles Sanders Peirce and is credited with helping to create functional psychology.
James was regarded as the 14th most accomplished psychologist of the 20th century in a 2002 Review of General Psychology study.
Wilhelm Wundt, who is widely considered the creator of experimental psychology, was placed first in the study, which was published in American Psychologist in 1991, with James coming in second.
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