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387 BCE
plato began to study the brain 387BC
In this year plato thought that was the brain that was the source of the mental health process -
335 BCE
Aristotle, Platos student began to study the brain
Aristotle began to study the brain alongside his tutor plato however they had different views on how the brain worked Aristotle suggested that the heart is the source of mental health process rather than the brain its self. -
john locke
Locke proposed empiricism the idea that all experiences can be obtained through the senses and that human beings inherit neither knowledge or there instincts.he believed that all of our knowledge came from our senses Locke founded the empirical approach to psychology as a science. -
Rene Descartes
Descartes was a French philosopher and he thought that the mind and the body are different from each other this came to be known as Cartesian dualism this meant that the mind could be a subject of study in its own right -
Franz mesmer 1774
franz Mesmer studied psychology and found and detailed a cure for mental health this originally was called mesmerism however now this is referred to as hypnosis. -
Charles Darwin
Charles darwin was most known for his contributions to his theory of evolution and science. in 1859 Charles released his book 'on the origins of species' detailing his view on evolution. Charles darwin believed that a humans behaviour will define the person that you are rather than the environment you are around or any genetic problems. -
Wilhelm Wundt
Wilhelm was the first person to open a formal laboratory of psychology at the university of Leipzig this was to go onto be the first place where people could study human emotions, behaviors and cognition's. -
Sigmund Freud
in 1886 Sigmund began carrying out therapy in Vienna this was the start of making the personality theory this argues that a persons personality can come from their mind ego and superego. -
Abraham Maslow
In 1943 Maslow come up with the motivational theory and he came up with the hierarchy of needs this is a table of needs in which he believes we prioritise what motivates us. -
Carl Rogers
Rogers belived in the same Humanistic theory as Abraham Maslow although he added that he believed for a individual to grow they need to be surrounded by positive influences that will provide them with gratefulness, acceptance and empathy. -
John Whatson
Whatson was a believer of the behaviourist theory believed that a individuals behaviour is steamed from there childhood environment rather than any genetic or medical issues.
he studied this theory on children and animals.
