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This section of givingpsychologyaway.net presents a history of psychology broken down by disciplinary area.  I have, without any clear compass, chosen the following schools of thought.  There are certainly more.  Each link provides a list of important figures in each school of thought as well as links to websites that will provide more information on each school of thought for those interested.

 

                 Analytical psychology

                 Associationism

                 Behaviorism

                 Cognitivism

                 Constructivism

                 Depth psychology

                 Descriptive psychology

                 Ecological psychology

                 Ego psychology

                 Environmental psychology

                 Evolutionary psychology

                 Existential psychology

                 Functionalism

                 Gestalt psychology

                 Hermeneutic psychology

                 Humanistic psychology

                 Individual psychology

                 Interpersonal psychology

                 Object relations theory

                 Personal construct psychology

                 Phenomenological psychology

                 Psychoanalysis

                 Self Psychology

                 Structuralism

                 Symbolic interactionism

                 Transaction analysis

                 Transpersonal psychology

 

 

You can also take a look at the “Significant Figures in Psychology” section for information related to the History of Psychology.

History of Psychology by Schools of Thought

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