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Historical Perspective in Psychology Project

  • The Greeks
    428 BCE

    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