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