Psychology's Past & Present
Tyler Mistretta
Rowan County Cabarrus Community College

Psychology's Past & Present
Structuralism, (Pastorino & Doyle-Portillo, 2013, p.7) “is a school of psychology seeks to analyze the adult mind (the total sum of experience from birth to the present) in terms of the simplest definable components and then to find how these components fit together to form more complex experiences as well as how they correlated to physical events.”[1]
This was first introduced by Wilhelm Wundt and mainly identified with Edward B. Titchener (the mentee of Wundt). Because of this I would consider Wundt one of the most, if not the most, important psychologist in the history and studies of psychology. This idea is vital to understand on how the human mind works and forms memories. This is because we learn by seeing, hearing, feeling, touching and tasting things, all of these elements structured together create one mind.
The 7 major perspectives in modern psychology: * The Psychodynamic Perspective - The role of the unconscious mind, early childhood experiences, and interpersonal relationships * The Behavioral Perspective - Behavioral psychology is a perspective that focuses on learned behaviors * The Cognitive Perspective - Focuses on mental processes such as memory, thinking, problem-solving, language and decision-making * The Biological Perspective - Emphasizes the physical and biological bases of behavior * The Cross-Cultural Perspective - Our culture influences our thinking and behavior. * The Evolutionary Perspective - How evolution explains physiological processes * The Humanistic Perspective - Emphasizes the role of motivation on thought and behavior.

To me, this most important out of all of these is the cognitive perspective. This particular behavior, I believe, is what separates us from our