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Historical Perspectives in Psychology Project

  • 1400 BCE

    The Renaissance

    The Renaissance
    14th - 16th centuries
    Refined approach of experimentation through observation contributors : Galileo & Copernieus
  • 500 BCE

    The Greeks

    The Greeks
    Greek philosophers set the frame for psychology by discovering that human behavior was controlled more by our mind than by the gods - include- Socrates and Aristotle.
  • 17 BCE

    Attacking Dualism

    Attacking Dualism
    disagreed with the dualistic apporach of mind & body being two separate entities. Argued that the mind controlled the body & together.
  • Inheritable Traits

    Inheritable Traits
    Francis Galton 1822 - 1911
    His writing questioned if behavior is determined by heredity or environment claimed the genius trait ran in families
  • Evolutionary

    Evolutionary
    Charles Darwin
    natural selection: " survival of the fitness "
  • Structuralism

    Structuralism
    1879 Wilholm Wundt
    credited for making psychology its own field of study developed intro-spectators method of self observation to gather information about the mind
  • Functionalism

    Functionalism
    William james 1890
    he published " the principles of psychology " , which focused on the function of the mind & purpose of behavior
  • Psychoanalytical

    Psychoanalytical
    Alfred Adler
    We are products of our non conscious desires of sex and anger
  • Biological

    Biological
    Riam Hall
    Structure of the Brain
  • Behavioral

    Behavioral
    John B Watson
    product of experiences
  • Social - Cultural

    Social - Cultural
    Albert Bandura
    Presence of others
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive
    Gustav Fechner
    Behavior is an result of thinking
  • Humanistic

    Humanistic
    focuses on positive regard , feeling , love , self acceptance