Theoretical Approaches in Psychology

Analyze mind (total experience from birth to the present) in the simplest components. Find way(s) components fit in complex forms. Wilhelm Wundt. Introspection - "Looking inward" Emotion/thought experiencing that moment

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Behaviorism

• Gestalt

• Psychoanalytic

Capability of the mind NOT process of thought. Practical applications of research. William James

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Behaviorism

• Gestalt

• Psychoanalytic

Measurable and observable data. NOT ideas, emotions, inner mental experiences

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Behaviorism

• Gestalt

• Psychoanalytic

The whole is not discovered from analysis of parts in isolation from the whole. The whole is greater than parts

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Behaviorism

• Gestalt

• Psychoanalytic

Behavior determined by past experiences left in the Unconscious Mind. People are unaware. Unconscious drives conscious. Sigmund Freud

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Behaviorism

• Gestalt

• Psychoanalytic

Behavior reflects influence of physical and psychological traits that helped ancestors survive/reproduce

• Evolutionary

• Biological

• Cognitive

• Social-Cultural

• Biopsychosocial

Psychological processes + Physiology. Mind-Body Phenomenon. Functions of brain + nervous systems

• Evolutionary

• Biological

• Cognitive

• Social-Cultural

• Biopsychosocial

Process, store, and retrieve information. How information is used to reason and solve problems

• Evolutionary

• Biological

• Cognitive

• Social-Cultural

• Biopsychosocial

How situations + culture affects behavior and thinking

• Evolutionary

• Biological

• Cognitive

• Social-Cultural

• Biopsychosocial

Integrated approach that incorporates analysis in

Biological, Psychological, Social-cultural

• Evolutionary

• Biological

• Cognitive

• Social-Cultural

• Biopsychosocial