Psychology - History and Approaches

2-4%

Structuralism

used INTROSPECTION to determine underlying STRUCTURES of the mind

Functionalism

need to analyze the PURPOSE of behavior

Evolutionary Approach

Genes

Humanistic Approach

free will, choice, ideal, and actualization

Biological Approach

Brain, Neurotransmitter

Cognitive Approach

Perceptions, thoughts

Behavioral Approach

learned, reinforced

Psychoanalytic/dynamic

unconscious, childhood

Sociocultural Psychology

society

Biopsychosocial Psychology

combo of all approaches

Mary Calkins

First female president of APA (American Psychological Association) and pioneering psychologist in memory research

Charles Darwin

Natural selection & evolution

Dorothea Dix

Reformed mental health care in the US, advocating for the treatment of the mentally ill and the establishment of mental hospitals.

Stanley Hall

1st president of the Association for Psychological Science, contributed to developmental psychology and child study

William James

Father of American Psychology - functionalist

Wilhem Wundt

Father of Modern Psychology - Structuralist

Margaret Floy Washburn

1st female PhD

Christine Ladd Franklin

1st fem