Psychology Resources Center - 03 Schools of Thought in Psychology

Different schools of thought in psychology have generated different theories to guide research and to explain psychological phenomena.

Theoretical Perspectives	Web Sites
Mechanismic, organismic, contextual worldviews	Theoretical perspectives in developmental psychology - by westnet.com
Nativism, modularity; mind-body	Nativism - by cognet.mit.edu Modularity Beyond modularity Mind-body issues
Rationalism vs. empiricism & other -isms	Rationalism vs. empiricism Empiricism and other -isms Discussions on empiricism
Constructivism	Constructivism and Piaget Piaget and Vygotsky - by Piaget.org

School of Thought	Web Sites
Structuralism	Site 1- by greenspun.com Site 2- by a2psychology.com
Functionalism	Site 1 - by psy.unsw.edu
Behaviorism	Historical outline Site 1 - by stanford.edu Site 2 - by personalityresearch.org Site 3 - by Barry Sinervo Site 4 Tolman - by Green
Gestalt	Site 1 - by Princeton.edu Site 2 - by dmoz.org Site 3 - by sonoma.edu
Cognitive	History - by muskingum.edu Site 1 - by resources Site 2 - by uwinnipeg.ca Site 3 - cognitive psychology & cognitive science
Psychoanalysis	American Psychoanalytic Association Psychoanalytic movement - by Brill
Phenomenological	Existential psychology - by mythosaddlogos.com Humanistic psychology: Sites 1 2
Evolutionary	Site 1 - by evoyage.com Site 2 - by human-nature.com FAQ - by ansb.edu

Last updated in February 2004.