List of psychological schools

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The psychological schools are the great classical theories of psychology. Each has been highly influential; however, most psychologists hold eclectic viewpoints that combine aspects of each school.

Most influential ones

The most influential ones and its main founders are[citation needed]:

  1. Behaviorism: John B. Watson
  2. Cognitivism: Aaron T. Beck, Albert Ellis
  3. Functionalism: William James
  4. Humanistic/Gestalt: Carl Rogers
  5. Psychoanalytic school: Sigmund Freud
  6. Systems psychology: Gregory Bateson, Felix Guattari

Complete list

The list below includes all these, and other, influential schools of thought in psychology:

  1. Activity-oriented approach
  2. Analytical psychology
  3. Anti-psychiatry
  4. Anomalistic psychology
  5. Associationism
  6. Behaviorism (see also radical behaviorism)
  7. Behavioural genetics
  8. Bioenergetics
  9. Biological psychology
  10. Biopsychosocial model
  11. Cognitivism
  12. Constructivism
  13. Cultural-historical psychology
  14. Depth psychology
  15. Descriptive psychology
  16. Developmental psychology
  17. Ecopsychology
  18. Ecological psychology
  19. Ecological systems theory
  20. Ego psychology
  21. Environmental psychology
  22. Evolutionary psychology
  23. Existential psychology
  24. Experimental analysis of behavior - the school descended from B.F. Skinner's work.
  25. Functionalism
  26. Gestalt psychology
  27. Gestalt therapy
  28. Humanistic psychology
  29. Individual psychology
  30. Industrial psychology
  31. Liberation psychology
  32. Logotherapy
  33. Organismic psychology
  34. Organizational psychology
  35. Phenomenological psychology
  36. Process psychology
  37. Psychoanalysis
  38. Psychohistory
  39. Radical behaviorism - often considered a school of philosophy, not psychology.
  40. Psychology of self
  41. Social psychology (sociocultural psychology)
  42. Strength-based practice
  43. Structuralism
  44. Systems psychology
  45. Transactional analysis
  46. Transpersonal psychology

See also