Approaches in Psychology - Timeline

Question 1

17th-19 century

Answer 1

Psychology is a branch of philosophy and it’s considered as experimental philosophy

Question 2

1879

Answer 2

Psychology becomes distinct from philosophy and Wilhelm Wundt opens the first psychology experimental lab in Germany

Question 3

When did Freud establish the psychodynamic approach and what does it do?

Answer 3

In the 1900s and it emphasised the influence of the unconscious mind on behaviour

Question 4

What did J.B Watson and B. Skinner establish in 1913?

Answer 4

The behaviourist approach

Question 5

What did C. Rogers and A. Maslow develop in the 1950s?

Answer 5

The humanistic approach which highlights free-will and self-determination

Question 6

Affect of the computer in the 1960s

Answer 6

It bought about the cognitive approach. The focus of mental processes were renewed and the computer is used as a metaphor for the human mind.

Question 7

What did Bandura propose in the 1960s?

Answer 7

The Social Learning Theory which bridges the behaviourist approach with the cognitive approach as it recognises the influence of cognitive factors on learning

Question 8

What does the development of technology do in the 1980s?

Answer 8

It increases our understanding of the functioning of the brain and other psychological processes. This gives rise to the biological approach

Question 9

2000 onwards

Answer 9

Cognitive neuroscience develops bringing together the cognitive and biological approach