The False Face Society is probably the best known of the medicinal societies among the Iroquois, especially for its dramatic wooden masks. The masks are used in healing rituals which invoke the spirit of an old hunch-backed man. ... They also called for the return of the masks from collectors and museums.
The False Face Society is probably the best known of the medicinal societies among the Iroquois, especially for its dramatic wooden masks. The masks are used in healing rituals which invoke the spirit of an old hunch-backed man. Those cured by the society become members
Psychologists today 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 <u>William James</u> an early representative of their approach to psychology.
William James is an American psychologist and philosopher. His writings were centered around pragmatism and functionalism. In his theory of functionalism, William James suggest that behaviour helps individuals adapt to their environment and the survival of our ancestors. He was the first psychologist and philosopher who proposed this line of thought.
