Different approaches to Psychology

  • Structuralism

    Structuralism

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

    Inheritable Traits

    Biological Traits passed down from past generations of family
  • Functionalism

    Functionalism

    A psychologist who studies the function (rather than the structure) of consciousness
  • Gestalt

    Gestalt

    Perception is more than the sum of its parts—it involves a “whole pattern”, the whole picture
  • Psychoanalysis

    Psychoanalysis

    Psychological theories and associated techniques
  • Behaviorism

    Behaviorism

    An approach to psychology which focuses on an individual's behavior
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive

    The scientific study of mind and mental function
  • Humanistic Psychology

    Humanistic Psychology

    Theory that environment and other outside forces serve as a background to internal growth, emphasizes each persons unique individual identity
  • Psychobiology

    Psychobiology

    The application of the principles of biology to the study of physiological, genetic, and developmental mechanisms of behavior in humans and other animals.
  • Sociocultural

    Sociocultural

    Psychologist who considers how our knowledge and ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving are dependent on the culture to which we belong