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Historical Perspective in Psychology Project

  • 428 BCE

    The Greeks

    The Greeks
    Plato's psychology is the idea that non-physical forms represent the most accurate reality.
  • Period: 1300 to

    The Renaissance

    Humanism
  • Attacking Dualism

    Attacking Dualism
    Mind and body are distinct and non-identical entities.
  • Period: to

    Inheritable Traits

    His writing questioned if behavior is determined by heredity or environment.
  • Evolutionary

    Evolutionary
    Natural selection. Charles Darwin
  • Sturcturalism

    Sturcturalism
    Wilhelm Wundnt - Credited making psychology its own field of study. Developed introspection , a method of self-observation to gather information about the mind.
  • Biological

    Biological
    Structure of the brain. Tosha Lindsey
  • Functionalism

    Functionalism
    William James- He published the "The principles of psychology", which focused on the mind and purposes of behavior.
  • Psychoanalytical

    Psychoanalytical
    Focus on nonconscious desires
  • Social-Cultural

    Social-Cultural
    Presence of others. Kurt Lewin
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive
    Behavior result of thinking process. Ulric Weisser
  • Humanistic

    Humanistic
    Focuses on positive feelings
  • Behavioral

    Behavioral
    Produce of experience. John B. Watson