Question

Psychologists who today 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 __________________ an early representative of their approach to psychology. william james wilhelm wundt sigmund freud edward titchener

Answer 1

I believe the answer is William James
William James was one of the regarded as the most important figure of  American psychology (which earn him the title as Father of American psychology)
He was known as the leading thinkers of functional psychology that lead to the scientific approach to dissect how state of mind could influence the behavior