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1 Earliest Schools of Psychological Thought

2 LEARNING TARGETS Know the names of the 5 earliest Psychological Perspectives. Know the names of psychologists that adhered to each particular Psychological perspective. BEHAVIORISM , PSYCHOANALYSIS………….Explain how each perspective contrasts in their answer to the following question……”Why do we behave and think the way we do??????

3 WILHELM WUNDT THE FATHER of the SCIENCE of PSYCHOLOGY

4 E. B. TITCHENER

5 STRUCTURALISM = look inward
*What is the STRUCTURE of our mind and how do these elements relate to one another???????? …….the method >>>>>> INTROSPECTION = self-reflection = look inward

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7 WILLIAM JAMES FUNCTIONALISM

8 FUNCTIONALISM * How does the mind/conscious FUNCTION allowing us to survive, adapt, flourish?

9 SIGMUND FREUD PSYCHOANALYSIS

10 JOHN WATSON BEHAVIORISM

11 B. F. SKINNER BEHAVIORISM

12 Environment - Reinforcements
B. F. SKINNER Environment - Reinforcements

13 Air Crib

14 AIR CRIB

15 ++ WOLFGANG Kohler ++ max wertheimer
GESTALT ++ WOLFGANG Kohler ++ max wertheimer

16 What do you see?

17 What do you see?

18 The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum Of Its Parts.

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