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Theories of Psychology
An outlining of the basic theories of Psychology and the scientists associated with them
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Psychology
12th Grade
10/20/2009

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Humanism
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States that all people are basically good even though we do bad things.
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Cognitive
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States that human behavior is a result of their constanly solving problems around them.
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Socio-cultural
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A person's behavior is dependant on their environment
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Psychoanalysis
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The unconscious mind is a cesspool of forbidden desires
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Behavioralism
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Behavior is based on what the subject has been punished or rewarded for in the past.
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Neurobiological
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People react to physical stimulus and changes in body chemistry
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Evolutionary
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Psychological traits are the functional products of natural selection
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Freud
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Scientist associated with Psychoanalysis
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B.F. Skinner
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Scientist associated with behavioralism
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Carl Rogers
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Scientist associated with humanism
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John B. Watson
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Scientist associated with behavioralism
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Jean Piaget
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Scientist associated with the Cognative Theory
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