important people Flashcards
Piaget
Swiss psychologist who created theory of cognitive development to explain how humans perceive, organize knowledge and solve problems.
Erikson
human psychosocial development. created 8 stages of life.
Karen Horney
Disputed penis envy, calling it inaccurate and demeaning. Proposed men feel inferior bc they cannot give birth.
Masters and Johnson
created sensate focus exercises - progressive, begins with non genital and ends in genital touch. goal is to receive pleasure without pressure
Jesse Taft/Virginia Robinson
started functional theory. contrasted with diagnostic school of thought.
anna freud
ego psychology
Fritz Perls
founded gestalt theory
Mahler
Founder of object relations theory
Carl Rogers
founder of client centered theory
Pincus/MInahan/Garvin
founders of systmes theory
Ackerman
founder of family therapy; psychoanalytic, insight oriented
Satir & Whitaker
Communications in family therapy
Bowen
extended family systems, where rational processess are applied to better understand relationships. Therapist oftens acts as coach; genograms and ecomaps are common.
Minuchin
structural family therapy
Haley
strategic family therapy; utilizes communication theory