Psychology Theories of Famous Psychologists

Psychoanalytic Theories

• Chapter 2: Freud's Psychoanalysis focuses on the unconscious mind, defense mechanisms, and psychosexual stages.
• Chapter 3: Adler's Individual Psychology emphasizes striving for superiority, social interest, and style of life.
• Chapter 4: Jung's Analytical Psychology explores the collective unconscious, archetypes, and psychological types.
• Chapter 5: Klein's Object Relations Theory discusses internal objects, positions, and defense mechanisms.
• Chapter 6: Horney's Psychoanalytic Social Theory covers basic anxiety, neurotic needs, and feminine psychology.
• Chapter 7: Fromm's Humanistic Psychoanalysis examines human needs, character orientations, and freedom.
• Chapter 8: Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory is centered on interpersonal relations, anxiety, and developmental epochs.
• Chapter 9: Erikson's Post-Freudian Theory presents psychosocial stages, identity crisis, and ego development.

Humanistic/Existential Theories

• Chapter 10: Maslow's Holistic-Dynamic Theory features a hierarchy of needs and self-actualization.
• Chapter 11: Rogers' Person-Centered Theory focuses on self-concept, conditions of worth, and unconditional positive regard.
• Chapter 12: May's Existential Psychology explores anxiety, guilt, existential concerns, and freedom.

Dispositional Theories

• Chapter 13: Allport's Psychology of the Individual emphasizes trait theory, functional autonomy, and individual uniqueness.
• Chapter 14: Eysenck, McCrae, and Costa's Trait and Factor Theory presents the Big Five personality traits and biological bases of personality.

Biological/Evolutionary Theories

• Chapter 15: Buss' Evolutionary Theory of Personality explores evolutionary psychology, adaptive behaviors, and mating strategies.

Learning Theories

• Chapter 16: Skinner's Behavioral Analysis is based on operant conditioning, reinforcement, and behavior modification.
• Chapter 17: Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory emphasizes observational learning, self-efficacy, and reciprocal determinism.
• Chapter 18: Rotter and Mischel's Cognitive Social Learning Theory covers expectancies, locus of control, and cognitive-affective units.
• Chapter 19: Kelly's Psychology of Personal Constructs explores personal construct theory, cognitive processes, and construct systems.