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: John B. Watson
2. Cognitivism: Aaron T. Beck, Albert Ellis
3. Functionalism: William James
4. Humanistic/Gestalt: Max Wertheimer
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

• History of psychology