Approach

Structuralism

Jan 25, 1879

Interspective, someone who writes down things everyday

Inheritable Traits

Jan 25, 1883

The study of how heredity, or biological traits passed from parents to children, influences abilities, character, and behavior.

Functionalism

Jan 25, 1890

How we think, feel, learn, and remeber all activities of the mind and how it helps us survive as a species. How we adapt to the environment.

Gestalt

Jan 25, 1900

Proceeding objects as a whole. How sensations are assembled into perceptual experiences.

Psychoanalysis

Jan 25, 1920

Study of the mind, how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior, feelings, and thoughts.

Behaviorism

Jan 25, 1930

All behavior is the result of conditioning, or situational training, and occurs because the appropriate stimulus is present in the environment.

Cognative

Jan 25, 1950

How the brain processes, store, retrieve, and use information and how this information influences thinking, language, problem-solving, and creativity.

Humanistic psychology

Jan 25, 1960

Everyone is there own person and can do anything that evolves in human rights.Emphasizes that each person has a unique individual identity and the potential to develop fully.

Psychobiology

Jan 25, 1990

Chemical processes, medically looking at it. Study of physiological, genetic, and developmental mechanisms of behavior in humans and other animals.

Sociocultural

Jan 25, 2000

Used to describe awareness of circumstances surrounding individuals and how their behaviors are affected specifically by their surrounding, social and cultural factors.