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A Brief History Of Psychological approaches

  • Structuralism(Wilhelm Wundt)

    Wilhelm(1832-1920) + renowned to be the father of modern psychology as he did his research in a systematic way, he was the pioneer in structuralism which is a simple form of psychology but the most essential where basic human psychology is observed.
  • Inheritable Traits (sir francis galton)

    Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) was the pioneer in the study of heredity and traits in psychology and through his research he concluded "greatness" runs in families though this will soon be proven wrong.
  • Functionalism (William James)

    William James (1842-1910) He believed in functionalism which is a practical way to look at psychology where the function of the mind is studied relative to our human survival rather than our consciousness
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    Behavioral psychology (Ivan Pavlov)

    Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936)He studied basic behavioral psychology where he drew correlations between the psychi and our behaviors and how systematic it can be.
  • Gestalt psychology

    many German psychologists agreed with this approach to psychology where instead of looking and observing whats in front of us The Gestalt(whole pattern)psychology looked to observe the laws behind our ability to perceive and acquire information etc.
  • Psychoanalytic psychology(sigmund Freud)

    Sigmund Freud(1853-1939) studied Psychoanalytic psychology where he studied the conflict between our conscious and our unconscious minds
  • Cognitive psychology

    Jean Piaget,Noam Chomsky, and Leon Festinger were contributors to this approach to psychology where they believe how we process and store information affects our thinking and behaviors. thwy believed our response to things werent simply through stimuli but also our memories, experiences and etc
  • Humanistic psychology(

    Abraham Moslow, Carl rogers, Rollo may, were humanists and thought that human nature evolves and is self directed rather than being controlled by our enviroment and that each human is unique and has self-concepts.
  • Sociocultural psychology

    Leonard Doob studies the correlations between human behavior and psychology to Culture And the interactions between people fo different cultures
  • Biological psychology

    This oi'd say is the most scientific approach to understanding our psychology where they study our biological effects on our psychology through things like PET and CAT scans and the relations between our genetics and our psychology.