School of Focus Key People Thought Behavioral How we learn observable John Watson (founder of responses and experiences. Behaviorism), B.F. Skinner Psychoanalytic How behavior springs from Sigmund Freud (Psychodynamic) unconscious drives and conflicts. Humanistic How we meet our needs for Carl Rogers, Abraham love and acceptance and Maslow achieve self-fulfillment. Cognitive How we encode, process, store, Jean Piaget and retrieve information. Biological How the body and brain enable (Neuroscience) emotions, memories, and sensory experiences Evolutionary How natural selection of traits Charles Darwin has promoted the survival of genes and species. Social-Cultural How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures Gestalt The organized whole
School of Thought Focus Key People Behavioral How we learn observable responses and experiences. John Watson (founder of Behaviorism), B.F. Skinner Psychoanalytic (Psychodynamic) How behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts. Sigmund Freud Humanistic How we meet our needs for love and acceptance and achieve self-fulfillment. Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow Cognitive How we encode, process, store, and retrieve information. Jean Piaget Biological (Neuroscience) How the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences Evolutionary How natural selection of traits has promoted the survival of genes and species. Charles Darwin Social-Cultural How behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures Gestalt The organized whole
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