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Historical Perspective in Psychology Project

  • The Greeks
    470 BCE

    The Greeks

    Aristotle's psychology proposed that the mind was the 'first entelechy,' or primary reason for the existence and functioning of the body. ... Interestingly, this human soul was the ultimate link with the divine and Aristotle believed that mind and reason could exist independently of the body.
  • The Renaissance
    16 BCE

    The Renaissance

    Refined the approach on experimentation through observation Contributors : Galieo ,Copernicus
  • Attacking Dualism
    1265

    Attacking Dualism

    Dualism is the presumption proposed by Rene Descartes that the human mind and body are two distinct entities that interact with each other to make a person. Descartes reasoned that the mind and the body communicate with each other through a small structure at the base of the brain called the pineal gland.
  • Evolutionary

    Evolutionary

    s a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain useful mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language as adaptations, as the functional products of natural selection. SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST Founder; Charles Darwin
  • Inheritable Traits

    Inheritable Traits

    Heredity is a term that refers to traits and features that are inherited from one's parents and ancestors. ... These control not only physical traits like height, skin, hair and eye color, and susceptibility to some medical conditions, as well as a great many other individual mental, physical and psychological traits. founder :Gregor Mendel
  • Structuralism

    Structuralism

    is a theory of consciousness developed by Wilhelm Wundt and his student Edward Bradford Titchener. ... To do this, psychologists employ introspection, self-reports of sensations, views, feelings, emotions, etc.
  • Pyschoanalytical

    Pyschoanalytical

    Non-Consious desires such sex and danger. Founder: Alfred Adler
  • Biological

    Biological

    The structure of the human brain and how it works Founder; Roger Sperry
  • Behavioral

    Behavioral

    behaviorism, is an approach in psychology which studies observable behavior, emphasising the role that conditioning plays in influencing a person's thoughts and actions. A product of their experience . Founder ; Watson F Skinner
  • Functionalism

    Functionalism

    Functionalism is the general psychological philosophy that considers mental life and behavior in terms of active adaptation to the person's environment. Founder: William James
  • Social-Cultural

    Social-Cultural

    Social-cultural Perspective is a theory used in fields such as psychology and is used to describe awareness of circumstances surrounding individuals and how their behaviors are affected specifically by their surrounding, social and cultural factors. Founder: Albert Bandura
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive

    Cognitive psychology, Branch of psychology devoted to the study of human cognition, particularly as it affects learning and behavior. Founder: Guster Fecher
  • Humanistic

    Humanistic

    Humanism is a philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of human beings, individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking and evidence Founder; Abraham Malson