Historical Perspectives

  • The Greeks
    480 BCE

    The Greeks

    Greece is known as the age in which the polls, or city-state, was invented. As they grew larger, these villages began to evolve. Founder- Plato
  • The Renaissance
    1300

    The Renaissance

    It is the "Rebirth" Period of european civilization. The Renaissance also witnessed the discovery of new continents.
    Founded by: Dante Alighieri
  • Attacking Dualism

    Attacking Dualism

    dualism is the concept that our mind is more than just our brain. one way to understand this concept is to consider our self as a container including our physical body and physical brain along with a separate non physical mind, spirit, or soul.
    Founder: René Descartes
  • Functionalism

    Functionalism

    functionalism is the viewpoint of the theory of the mind. it states that mental states are constituted solely by their functional role, which means, their causal relations with other mental states, sensory inputs and behavioral outputs. Founded: William James
  • Psychoanalytical

    Psychoanalytical

    actions/product of our unconscious desires. Founder: Sigmund Freud
  • Behavioral

    Behavioral

    Focuses on alteration of other people's behavior. Founder: B.F Skinner
  • Structuralism

    Structuralism

    Structuralism means to analyze the adult mind (total of experience from birth to the present) in terms of the simplest components and then to find the way in which these components fit together in complex forms. Founder: Wilhelm Wundt
  • Inheritable Traits

    Inheritable Traits

    Heredity is more important than environment. Founder: Sir Francis Galton
  • Biological

    Biological

    Psychological processes are result of anatomy of the brain Founder: Michael Guzzaniga
  • Humanistic

    Humanistic

    focuses on positive feeling, love and self acceptance Founder: Abraham Moslow
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive

    Our behavior is based off the way we think. Founder: Gustav Fechner
  • Evolutionary

    Evolutionary

    Psychology that attempts to explain useful, mental, and psychological attempts. Founder: William James
  • Social-Cultural

    Social-Cultural

    Consists of the believes, behaviors, and other characteristics. Founder: Albert Bandura