Major Schools of Thought

Question 1

Early Schools of Thought

Answer 1

Structuralism & Functionalism

Question 2

Major Schools of Thought

Answer 2

Psychoanalysis, Behaviourism, Humanistic Psychology, Gestalt Psychology, & Cognitive Psychology

Question 3

Structuralism

Wilhelm Wundt, Hermann von Helmholtz

Answer 3

Analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind.

Question 4

Functionalism

William James

Answer 4

Emphasises the adaptive significance of mental processes

Question 5

Psychoanalysis

Jean-Martin Charcot, Pierre Janet, Sigmund Freud

Answer 5

Therapeutic approach that focuses on bringing unconscious material into conscious awareness

Question 6

Behaviourism

John B. Watson, B.F. Skinner

Answer 6

Restricts scientific inquiry to observable behaviour

Question 7

Humanistic Psychology

Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow, Martin Seligman

Answer 7

Humans have the capacity for change and potential for growth

Question 8

Gestalt Psychology

Max Wertheimer

Answer 8

Mind created perceptual experiences

Question 9

Cognitive Psychology

Noam Chromsky

Answer 9

Scientific study of human information processing