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A New Science
Christian Wolff identified psychology as it's own science, writing two books, 'Psychologia Empirica' & 'Psychlogia Rationals' to explain the new science. Psychological experimentation was heavily rejected, -
Structuralism
Regarded as the first school of thought in psychology, this theory was developed by Wilhelm Wundt and Edward Bradford Titchener. Introspection used to reveal the mind structure. -
Behaviorism
The view that psychology is an objective science that studies behavior without reference to mental processes -
Functionalism
School of thought promoted by James and influenced by Darwin. Explored how mental and behavioral processes function - how they enable the organism to survive. -
Cognitive Psychology
Field that studies the mental process, how people think, perceive, remember and learn. -
Humanistic Psychology
Focuses on free will, personal growth and self-actualization. -
Psychoanalysis
School of psychology founded by Sigmund Freud. This school of thought emphasized the influence of the unconscious mind on behavior.