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  • 500 BCE

    The Greeks

    Founding father Aristotle. Psychology by analyzing human behavior while assuming people were rational.
  • 1300

    The Renaissance

    Founder father Francesco Petrarch. Refined approach of experimentation through observation.
  • 1300

    Humanist

    Founding father, Francesco Petrarca. Belief that everyone is inherently good.
  • Attacking Dualism

    Founding Father Rene Descartes. Disagreed with dualistic approach that mind and body are seperate. Argued that mind is what controlled the body and together they formed one's experiences.
  • Evolutionary

    Founding father, Charles Darwin. Natural Selection (survival of the fittest.)
  • Structuralism

    Founding Father Wilhelm Wundt. Method of self-observation called introspective to gather information about the mind.
  • Functionalism

    Founding Father William James. Focused on the functions and purposes of behavior, James concluded that the goal of the mind was to adapt and survive.
  • Inheritable Traits

    Founding Father Sir Francis Galton. Determined Genius ran in the family, though neglecting environmental influences.
  • Psychoanalytical

    Founding father,Sigmund Freud. Non-conscious desires.
  • Behavioral

    Founding father, John Watson. Humans are products of experiences.
  • Biological

    Founding Father, William James. Structure of the brain.
  • Social-Cultural

    Founding father,Kurt Lewin. Effected by the prescence of other people.
  • Cognitive

    Founding father, Cick Neisser. Behavior is a result of your thinking process.
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    But I couldn't figure out how to add photos.