Historical Perspectives in Psychology Project

The Greeks

500 BCE

Founder(s) - Socrates and Aristotle. Description - Greek Philosophers discovered that human behavior was more controled by our mind than by gods, and this set the frame for Psychology.

The Renaissance

1400

Founder(s) - Galleo & Copernicus. Description - Refined approach of experimentation through observation contributors.

Attacking Dualism

1700

Founder - Rene Descartes. Description - Disagreed with the Dualistic Approach that mind and body were two seperate entities, and argued that the mind is controlled by the body and together they form our experiences.

Inheritable Traits

1822

Founder - Francis Galton. Description - Claimed that the genius trait ran in families.

Structuralism

1879

Founder - Wilhelm Wundt Description - Developed inro-spection, a mehtod of self-observation, so he could gather info. about the mind.

Psychoanalytical

1890

Founder - Alfred Adler Description - We are products of our unconcscious desires of sex & anger.

Humanistic

1962

Founder - Abrahman Maslow Description - Focuses on positive regardm feeling, love, and slef-acceptance.