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Founded modern experimental psychology
founded structuralism - the idea that conscious experience can be studied when it is broken down into its underlying components |
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| an approach to psychology based on the idea that conscious experience can be broken down into its basic underlying components or elements |
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Highly influenced by Darwin
He created the theory of the "stream of consciousness" meaning one's own ability to describe a continuous series of ever-changing thoughts
he founded functionalism - the idea that one must observe the functions of the mind: how it operates |
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| an approach to psychology concerned with the adaptive purpose, or function, of mind and behavior |
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A theory based on the idea that the whole of personal experience is different from simply the sum of its constituent elements
In retaliation to structuralism
Founded by Max Wertheimer
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Emphasized the unconscious
Developed psychoanalysis |
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Developed the school of behaviorism, which emphasizes environmental effects on behavior
In answer to the nature/nurture question, nature was everything - all behaviors are learned |
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| A behavioralist who denied the existence of mental states |
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| A psychological approach that emphasizes the role of environmental forces in producing behavior |
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Developed Cognitive Psychology which is concerned with higher-order mental functions such as intelligence, thinking, language, memory, and decision making
It shows the way people think and how it influences behavior |
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| The study of how people think, learn, and remember |
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He founded the field theory, which studied people and their environments
A pioneer of social psychology |
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| the study of group dynamics in relation to psychological processes |
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