Approaches to Psychology

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  • Structuralism

    Structuralism
    William Wundt believed in the basic elements of human experience.

  • Inheritable Traits

    Inheritable Traits
    Francis Galton wanted to understand how heredity and biological traits passed from parents to children.

  • Functionalism

    Functionalism
    William James believed in the study of how animals and people adapt to their environments

  • Gestalt

    Gestalt
    Kurt Koffka studied percieving things as a whole.

  • Psychoanalysis

    Psychoanalysis
    Sigmund Freud studied the unconscious mind.

  • Behaviorism

    Behaviorism
    John B. Watson believed that psychology should be about observable facts of behavior

  • Cognitive

    Cognitive
    Jean Piaget focuses on how the brain processes information.

  • Humanistic psychology

    Humanistic psychology
    Abraham Maslow emphasizes personal growth and achievement of maximum potential.

  • Psychobiology

    Psychobiology
    Neurologists study behavioral neuroscience, the relationship between the brain and the mind.

  • Sociocultural

    Sociocultural
    Leonard Doob believed in studying the influence of cultural and ethnic similarities and differences in behavior and social functioning.