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Historical Perspectives in Psychology Project

  • The Renaissance
    1375

    The Renaissance

    a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages. Masaccio
  • Attacking Dualism

    Attacking Dualism

    the presumption proposed that the human mind and body are two distinct entities that interact with each other to make a person. Rene Descartes
  • Evolutionary

    Evolutionary

    Natural selection "survival of the fittest"
    Charles Darwin & William James
  • Inheritable Traits

    Inheritable Traits

    Heredity is more important than environment. Sir Francis Galton
  • The Greek

    The Greek

    The Greek philosopher Aristotle wrote an influential treatise on the psyche, called in Greek Περὶ Ψυχῆς (Peri Psyches), in Latin De Anima and in English On the Soul. Aristotle's theory of the "three souls (psyches)" (vegetal, animal, and rational) would rule the field of psychology until the 19th century.
  • Structuralism

    Structuralism

    a theory of consciousness developed by Wilhelm Wundt and his student Edward Bradford Titchener.
  • Psychoanalytical

    Psychoanalytical

    Products of our nonconscious
    Alfred Adler
  • Biological

    Biological

    Structure of the brain
    Roger Sperry
  • Functionalism

    Functionalism

    refers to a general psychological philosophy that considers mental life and behavior in terms of active adaptation to the person's environment. William James
  • Behavorial

    Behavorial

    Product of experiences
    John B Watson
  • Social-Cultural

    Social-Cultural

    Presence of others
    Albert Bandura
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive

    Behavior result process
    Guster Fechner
  • Humanistic

    Humanistic

    Focuses on positive regard
    Carl Rogers