Approaches to Psychology

By Crsiller

  • Structuralism

    Structuralism
    Wilhelm Wundt- a psychologist who studies the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences

  • Inheritable Traits

    Inheritable Traits
    Francis Galton- Traits are passed from one generation to the next

  • Functionalism

    Functionalism
    William James- studied how animals and people adapt to their environments

  • Gestalt

    Gestalt
    Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler, and Kurt Koffka- Perception is more than just a sum of its part, it involves a whole pattern

  • Psychoanalysis

    Psychoanalysis
    Sigmund Freud- analysing thoughts

  • Behaviorism

    Behaviorism
    Ivan Pavlow- learned behaviors

  • Cognitive

    Cognitive
    Processes involve conscious intellectual activity, such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering

  • Humanistic Psychology

    Humanistic Psychology
    Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, and Rollo May- you decide your destiny

  • Psychobiology

    Psychobiology
    Studies chemical effects on the human brain

  • Sociocultural

    Sociocultural
    Lev Vygotsky- behaviors affected by surroundings