1. School of thoughts in Psychology:
Structuralism:
It focused on the breaking down of mental processes into the
most basic components.
Important Contributors:-
1- W. Wundt
2- Edward B. Titchener
Functionalism:-
It dealswith the study of mental experience, of consciousness.
Important Contributors:-
1- William James
2- J. R. Angell
3- John Dewey
Behaviourism:
It holdsthat all behaviorcan be explainedby environmental
causes, rather than by internalforces.
2. Important Contributors:-
1- J. B. Watson
2- Ivan Pavlov
3- B. F. Skinner
Psychoanalysis:
Freud believedthat human mind is composed of three things
the id, the ego and the superego.
Important Contributors:-
1- Sigmund Freud
Humanistic Psychology:
It focused on free will, personal approachand self-
actualization.
Important Contributors:-
1- Carl Rogers
2- Abraham Maslow
Gestalt psychology:-
According to Gestalt school, the whole is greater than the sum
of its parts
3. Important Contributors:-
1- Kurt Koffka
2- Max Wertheimer
Cognitive Psychology:-
It studies mental processes includinghow peoplethink,
perceive, remember, and learn.
Important Contributors:-
1- Jean Piaget