List of psychological schools

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:

1. Behaviorism: Watson
2. Cognitivism: Aaron T. Beck, Albert Ellis
3. Functionalism
4. Humanistic/Gestalt: Carl Rogers
5. Psychoanalytic school: Freud
6. Systems psychology

Complete list

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

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

See also

• History of psychology