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As described, there are 10 different perspectives of early psychology. These
perspectives are: Structuralism, functionalism, Gestalt psychology, Behavioral,
psychodynamic, humanistic, physiological, evolutionary, cognitive, and cultural and
diversity. I will only be looking at three of these perspectives still in common use today
here is a summary of each.
The behavioral perspective "focuses on the observable behaviors; thus it does not
speculate about mental processes such as thinking." (Davis and Palladino, 2005).Unlike
the other approaches, the behavioral perspective accentuates how it is important to learn
and understand and doesn't focus on coconscious. B. F. Skinner, a well known
psychologist, was a strong advocate of this thinking. He has since been called the
"greatest contemporary psychologist" (Fowler, 1990). Skinner basically took an easy
angle on his methods. "Behavior changes as a result of consequences (Bjork, D. W.,
1997). When it comes down to......

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