3 perspecitves of early psychology
Title: 3 perspecitves of early psychology
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3 perspecitves of early psychology
Category: /Social Sciences/Psychology
Details: Words: 587 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
There are 10 different perspectives of early psychology. I will be focusing on three: Gestalt psychology, psychodynamic, and cognitive. Here is a summary of each.
Gestalt psychology: Belief that the whole (Gestalt) is more than the sum of the parts, particularly in human behavior. For example the brain "sees" the rapid presentation of photographs as cinematographic motion, a musical piece is more than just collection of notes. The Gestalt school arose from researchers like Max Wertheimer,
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the unconscious sexual and aggressive drives have been re-evaluated to focus on conscious experience, resulting in, for example, the birth of ego psychology.
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