10 Perspectives of Early Psychology
Title: 10 Perspectives of Early Psychology
Category: /Social Sciences/Psychology
Details: Words: 893 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
10 Perspectives of Early Psychology
Category: /Social Sciences/Psychology
Details: Words: 893 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
As described, there are 10 different perspectives of early psychology. These perspectives are: Structuralism, functionalism, Gestalt psychology, Behavioral, psychodynamic, humanistic, physiological, evolutionary, cognitive, and cultural and diversity. Here is a summary of each.
<Tab/>Structuralism is "the earliest approach in modern psychology, founded by Wilhelm Wundt; its goal was to evaluate the basic elements of a cognizant experience: (Davis and Palladino, 2000). Wilhelm had a student whose name was Edward Tichener. Upon his
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result of that process" (Davis and Palladino, 2000). At a point in time the psychology field was dominated by Caucasian males. Females and people from different races were not allowed to be in the field or even to obtain a doctoral degree. Thought the years, the percentage of men and women in the field have changed dramatically. Once dominated by men, the field has shifted more toward women dominating the field.
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