history of psychology

• research in europe was based on Gestalt philosophical principles
• Gestalt psychologists believed that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, meaning that perception cannot be understood by analyzing individual sensations.
• American research was based on behaviourism, which focused on observable behaviour
• psychology was first studied in Germany in 1879 by Wilhelm Wundt
• Behaviourism used animals to study learning and behaviour.
• Behaviourists believe that motivations are unimportant
• humanism focused on the whole
• The Cognitive Revolution influenced psychologists to focus on the mind and how it works.