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500 BCE
The Greeks
Founding father Aristotle. Psychology by analyzing human behavior while assuming people were rational. -
1300
The Renaissance
Founder father Francesco Petrarch. Refined approach of experimentation through observation. -
1300
Humanist
Founding father, Francesco Petrarca. Belief that everyone is inherently good. -
Attacking Dualism
Founding Father Rene Descartes. Disagreed with dualistic approach that mind and body are seperate. Argued that mind is what controlled the body and together they formed one's experiences. -
Evolutionary
Founding father, Charles Darwin. Natural Selection (survival of the fittest.) -
Structuralism
Founding Father Wilhelm Wundt. Method of self-observation called introspective to gather information about the mind. -
Functionalism
Founding Father William James. Focused on the functions and purposes of behavior, James concluded that the goal of the mind was to adapt and survive. -
Inheritable Traits
Founding Father Sir Francis Galton. Determined Genius ran in the family, though neglecting environmental influences. -
Psychoanalytical
Founding father,Sigmund Freud. Non-conscious desires. -
Behavioral
Founding father, John Watson. Humans are products of experiences. -
Biological
Founding Father, William James. Structure of the brain. -
Social-Cultural
Founding father,Kurt Lewin. Effected by the prescence of other people. -
Cognitive
Founding father, Cick Neisser. Behavior is a result of your thinking process. -
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