Approaches to Psycology

By sgallardo
  • Structuralism

    Structuralism

    Wilhelm Wundt
    Study of the basic elements that make up conscious mental experiences.
    -Diary
    -goals
  • Inheritable Traits

    Inheritable Traits

    Sir Francis Galton
    Characteristics passed down from generations.
    -Holocost
  • Functionalism

    Functionalism

    William James
    Study of how people and animals adapt to their enviornment.
    -zoo animals
    -new students
  • Gestalt

    Gestalt

    Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Kohler, Kurt Koffka
    perception seeing things as a whole rather than parts.
    -generalization
  • Psychoanalysis

    Psychoanalysis

    Sigmund Freud
    A study of other's interpretation of associations.
    -dreams
  • Behaviorism

    Behaviorism

    Ivan Pavlov
    Organisms modify their behavior based on their enviornment.
    -animals
  • Cogultive

    Cogultive

    Ulric Neisser
    Study of mental processes such as "attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking.
    -judgments
  • Humanistic Psychology

    Humanistic Psychology

    Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Rollo May
    Nature not nurture.
    -MLK
    -Mother Teresa
    -Jesus
  • Psychobiology

    Psychobiology

    Chem/ medical changes
    -Neurologist
  • Sociocultural

    Sociocultural

    Lev Vygotsky Surrounding influences.
    -morals
    -lifestyle