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500 BCE
The Greeks
Set the frame for psychology by discovering that human behavior was controlled more by our minds than by gods. Founder: Aristotle -
1300
The Renaissance
Refined approach of experimentation through observation.
Founder: Francesco Petrarch -
Attacking Dualism
Disagreed with Dualistic Approach of mind and body being two seperate entities. It argued that the mind controlled the body and together they formed our experiences.
Founder: Rene Descartes -
Inheritable Traits
Questioned if behavior is determined by heredity or environment.
Founder: Francis Galton -
Evolutionary
Def: Natural selection " survival of the fittest"
Founder: Charles Darwin -
Structuralism
Developed intro- sepction, a method of self observation to gather information about the mind. Founder: Edward B. Titchener. -
Functionalism
The function of the mind and purposes of behavior.
Founder: William James -
Psychoanalytical
Def: Based on your non-conscious desires
Founder: Alfred Adler -
Biological
Def: The structure of the brain
Founder: Micheal Gazzaniga -
Behavioral
Def: Products of our experiences.
Founder:John B Watson -
Social-Cultural
Def: The presence of others.
Founder: Albert Bandura -
Cognitive
Def: Behavior is a result of your thinking process.
Founder: Dick Neisser -
Humanistic
Belief that everyone is inherently good.
Founders:Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow
