approches to psychology

  • structuralist

    structuralist

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

    Inheritable Traits

    a distinguishing quality or characteristic that is transmitted genetically from one generation to the nex
  • functionalist

    functionalist

    a psychologist who studies the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness
  • psychoanalyst

    psychoanalyst

    psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior, feelings, and thoughts
  • behaviorist

    behaviorist

    a psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment
  • cognitivist

    cognitivist

    a psychologist who studies how we process, store, retrieve, and use information and how thought processes influence our behavior
  • humanist

    humanist

    a psychologist who believes that each person has freedom in directing his or her future and achieving personal growth
  • Gestalt

    Gestalt

    perception is more than the sum of its parts
  • psychobiologist

    psychobiologist

    a psychologist who studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior
  • socioculture

    socioculture

    who emphasized the impact of cultural and social factors on cognitive development in children