Approaches to Psychology

  • Structuralism

    Structuralism

    Wilhelm Wundt- a psychologist who studies the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences
  • Inheritable Traits

    Inheritable Traits

    Francis Galton- Traits are passed from one generation to the next
  • Functionalism

    Functionalism

    William James- studied how animals and people adapt to their environments
  • Gestalt

    Gestalt

    Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler, and Kurt Koffka- Perception is more than just a sum of its part, it involves a whole pattern
  • Psychoanalysis

    Psychoanalysis

    Sigmund Freud- analysing thoughts
  • Behaviorism

    Behaviorism

    Ivan Pavlow- learned behaviors
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive

    Processes involve conscious intellectual activity, such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering
  • Humanistic Psychology

    Humanistic Psychology

    Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, and Rollo May- you decide your destiny
  • Psychobiology

    Psychobiology

    Studies chemical effects on the human brain
  • Sociocultural

    Sociocultural

    Lev Vygotsky- behaviors affected by surroundings