Approaches to Psycology

  • Structuralism

    Structuralism
    WILHELM WUHAT The study of elements of conciousness (Idea that states of conciousness can be broken down into basic concious elements)
  • Inheritable Traits

    Inheritable Traits
    SIR FRANCIS GALTON A gene that is passed from one generation to the next. (Thought that human mental status could be passed down from parent to offspring)
  • Functionalism

    Functionalism
    WILLIAM JAMES The doctrine that emphasizes the adaptiveness of the mental or behavioral processes. (broad view of how individual parts of a society function together)
  • Gestalt

    Gestalt
    ANAIS NIN All objects in a scene can be observed in its simplest form. (Think outside the box and look for different patterns)
  • Psychoanalysis

    Psychoanalysis
    SIGMUND FREUD approach that aims to treat medical disorders by inventigation of different levels of conciousness
  • Behaviorism

    Behaviorism
    IVAN PAVIOV, JOHN B WATSON, B.F. SKINNER approach to psycology that focuses on an idividuals behavior
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive
    JEAN PIAGET Cognitive psychology is the study of mental processes such as "attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking."
  • Humanistic Pychology

    Humanistic Pychology
    ABRAHAM MASLOW, CARL ROGERS Humanistic psychology is a psychological perspective which rose to prominence in the mid-20th century in response to the limitations of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory and B. F. Skinner's behaviorism.
  • Psychobiology

    Psychobiology
    the branch of science that deals with the biological basis of behavior and mental phenomena.
  • Socialculture

    Socialculture
    How different members of our society interact with eachother in a social matter