psychological perspective project

  • The Greeks
    500 BCE

    The Greeks

    Aristotle was the founder. The greek philosophers set the frame for psychology by analyzing human behavior.
  • Renaissance
    13

    Renaissance

    Coperricus. Galileo was the founder. He refined the approach of experimentation through observation.
  • Attacking Dualism

    Attacking Dualism

    Rene Descartes was the founder. He disagreed with dualistic approach that mind and body are separate.
  • Inheritable Traits

    Inheritable Traits

    Sir Francis Galton was the founder. He determined that genius ran in the families. His writing raised the issue.
  • Evolutionary

    Evolutionary

    Natural Selection; " Survival of the fittest" The founder was Charles Darwin
  • Structuralism

    Structuralism

    The founder was Wihelm Wundt. He was the father of modern psychology. He used a method of self-observation called introspection.
  • Functionalism

    Functionalism

    The founder was William James. He wrote the Principles of Psychology. Which focused on the mind and behavior.
  • Psychoanalytic Psychology

    Psychoanalytic Psychology

    Freud was the founder. Human behavior was mainly driven by primitive, biological urges in conflict with social standards.
  • Biological

    Biological

    Structure of the brain. The founder was Rian Hall
  • Behavioral

    Behavioral

    Product of experiences. The founder of John B. Watson
  • Social-Cultural

    Social-Cultural

    Presence of others. The founder was Albert Bandura
  • Cognitive

    Cognitive

    Behavior is a result of thinking. The founder was Gustav Fechner
  • Humanistic

    Humanistic

    The founder was Abraham Maslow. It focusses on positive regard feeling love, self-acceptance