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Structuralists tended to ask, "What are the pieces that make up thinking and experience?" In contrast, __________ tended to ask, "How do behavior and mental processes help people adapt to the requirements of their lives?"

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Answer: functionalists

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Structuralists are philosophers who study about how do humans think, believe, perceive and feel the external stimulus. Functionalists study about the how human mind works and its functional role in terms of mental states, behavioral outputs and towards sensory inputs.

According to the given condition, the structuralists will work upon pieces that were responsible for thinking and experience of human mind whereas the functionalists believe in how the mental processes functions in terms of adaptation according to life.

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