Historical Perspectives in Psychology Project

  • The Greeks
    12 BCE

    The Greeks

    Ancient Greece was a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of antiquity.
  • The Renaissance
    1300

    The Renaissance

    The Renaissance is a period in European history, covering the span between the 14th and 17th centuries and marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity.
  • Attacking Dualism

    Attacking Dualism

    René Descartes founded it
    Dualism in Metaphysics is the belief that there are two kinds of reality: material (physical) and immaterial (spiritual).
  • Structuralism

    Structuralism

    a method of interpretation and analysis of aspects of human cognition, behavior, culture, and experience that focuses on relationships of contrast between elements in a conceptual system that reflect patterns underlying a superficial diversity.
    Edward B. Titchener
  • Functionalism

    Functionalism

    Functionalism is a viewpoint of the theory of the mind. It states that mental states are constituted solely by their functional role, which means, their causal relations with other mental states, sensory inputs and behavioral outputs
    William James