history of psychology and overview of schools

Psychology is the study of behaviour and mental processes and hopes to decipher human behaviour and the complexity of people's actions. In order to study behaviour and mental processes, psychologists are interested in things such as the way we think, what our responses are to certain situations, how humans interact with others. Psychology is a branch of philosophy that dates back to 322 BC, but psychology as a field of its own is only 100 years old. …

…has shown some of the ways in which psychologists can study human behaviour. Such as through schools such as behaviourism, cognitive and gestalt that has been explained in this essay. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Hayes, N. (1994) Foundation of Psychology, An Introductory Text Routledge. Gross, R. (1996) Psychology, The Science of Mind and Behaviour ( Third Edition ) Hodder and Stoughton. Bernstein, D. A , Clarke-Stewart, A. , Penner, L. A. , Roy, E. J. , Wickens, C. D (2000) Psychology ( Fifth Edition ). Houghton Mifflin Company.