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Psychology was a branch of philosophy before it broke away into a distinctive discipline over the last century. At the time when psychology was beginning to develop from its post-renaissance past, several schools formed.  

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Table of Contents Contents Section Introduction 1.0 Psychodynamic approach 2.0 Psychoanalytic theory 2.1 Structure of personality 2.2-2.3 Defence mechanisms 2.4-2.5 The development of the personality 2.7 Post-Freudians 2.8 Therapies 2.9 Classical psychoanalysis 2.10 Ego analysis 2.11 Criticisms of the approach 2.12 Behaviourist approach 3.0 Classical conditioning 3.1 Classical conditioning accounting for Phobias 3.2 Classical conditioning in the media 3.3 Operant conditioning 3.4 Skinner's findings 3.5 Types of reinforcement 3.6 Secondary reinforcers 3.7 How it applies to humans 3.8 Therapies 3.9-3.12 Criticisms of the approach 3.13 Humanistic approach 4.0 Client-centred therapy 4.1 Maslow's hierarchy of needs 4.2 Logotherapy 4.3 Criticisms of the approach 4.4 Skinner's findings 4.5 Which approach? 5.0 Conclusion 6.0 Appendices Diagram of the levels of states of consciousness Little Han Pavlov's conditioning process. Bibliography 1.0 Introduction Psychology was a branch of philosophy before it broke away into a distinctive discipline over the last century. At the time when psychology was beginning to develop from its post-renaissance past, several schools formed. These schools had their own particular theories and views on what the nature and scope of psychology should be about. In addition, each...

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