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Historical Perspectives in Psychology Project

  • The Greeks
    500 BCE

    The Greeks

    Founder(s) - Socrates and Aristotle. Description - Greek Philosophers discovered that human behavior was more controled by our mind than by gods, and this set the frame for Psychology.
  • The Renaissance
    1400

    The Renaissance

    Founder(s) - Galleo & Copernicus. Description - Refined approach of experimentation through observation contributors.
  • Attacking Dualism

    Attacking Dualism

    Founder - Rene Descartes. Description - Disagreed with the Dualistic Approach that mind and body were two seperate entities, and argued that the mind is controlled by the body and together they form our experiences.
  • Inheritable Traits

    Inheritable Traits

    Founder - Francis Galton. Description - Claimed that the genius trait ran in families.
  • Structuralism

    Structuralism

    Founder - Wilhelm Wundt Description - Developed inro-spection, a mehtod of self-observation, so he could gather info. about the mind.
  • Psychoanalytical

    Psychoanalytical

    Founder - Alfred Adler Description - We are products of our unconcscious desires of sex & anger.
  • Humanistic

    Humanistic

    Founder - Abrahman Maslow Description - Focuses on positive regardm feeling, love, and slef-acceptance.