There are 10 different perspectives of early psychology. I will be focusing on three: Gestalt psychology, psychodynamic, and cognitive. Here is a summary of each. Gestalt psychology: Belief that the whole (Gestalt) is more than the sum of the parts, particularly in human behavior. For example the brain "sees" the rapid presentation of photographs as cinematographic motion, a musical piece is more than just collection of notes. The Gestalt school arose from researchers like Max Wertheimer, …showed first 75 words of 587 total…

…showed last 75 words of 587 total…the unconscious sexual and aggressive drives have been re-evaluated to focus on conscious experience, resulting in, for example, the birth of ego psychology. Sources: Davis, S. F., & Palladino, J. J. (2000). Psychology (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc. Francois Dosse. History of Structuralism (two volumes). University of Minnesota Press, 1998. Goldman, Alvin: Readings in Philosophy and Cognitive Science (Cambridge: MIT, 1993). Hill, Christopher S.: Sensations (Cambridge: Cambridge, 1991). Loar, Brian: Mind and Meaning (Cambridge: Cambridge, 1981).