Psychology Schools

Roots of Psychology
1. Plato (427-347 BCE) /Rene Descartes (1596-1650)
  1. relationships - mind and body, knowledge and experience
2. Empiricists/Locke (1632-1704)
  1. mind is a blank slate
Structuralism
1. our consciousness can be broken down into its essential elemenrs
  1. Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920)
  2. Edward Titchener (1867-1923)
Functionalism
1. Our consciousness serves an adaptive purpose by helping us survive
  1. William James (1842-1910)
Psychodynamic Theory
1. our behavior is deeply influenced by unconscious thoughts, impulses and desires
  1. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)
Behaviorism
1. our behavior is learned, observable, and measurable
  1. James B. Watson (1878-1958)
  2. B. F. Skinner (1904-1990)
Gestalt Viewpoint
1. to understand consciousness, we must study the whole, not just its component parts
  1. Max Wertheimer (1880-1941)
Humanistic Psychology
1. we have free will to live more creative, meaningful, and satisfying lives
  1. Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
  2. Carl Rogers (1902-1987)
Cognitive Psychology
1. how our brain processes information influences how we behave
  1. Ulric Neisser (1928-2012)

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