whose ideas are widely accepted in modern psychology?

Question

1.freud 2.jung 3.pavlov 4.adler 5.willium james

Answer 1

People are falling away from Skinner (who says we're a total product of our environment / outside forces) and other behaviorilists including Pavlov.

(Pavlov shows that we can be conditioned -- i.e., tie an external stimulus to a response -- but does nothing to take into account personal choice to override the response.)

Freud is sort of the "whipping boy" at the moment, and some of his theories have taken a beating, but he did develop the concept of psychotherapy, exploring the subconscious, and exploring potential development stages. The past does affect our present, and usually at a level below our normal threshold of consciousness.

James was more a philosopher/psychologist, I believe...

Jung has mostly gotten popular due to the Myers-Briggs Trait Inventory that was partly derived from his personality explorations -- as well as his observations of archetypes, the animus/anima (i.e., shadow side of each person), and so forth. He was fairly mystical, and Freud took his abdication very very p personally.

Adler and Fromm and Erikson delved more into the "positive nature" of man and our desire as human beings for self-fulfillment. They each surmise that man is basically good and desires self-actualization, and so this is both a strength and a flaw in their thinking. Positive thought used to be REALLY big in the 70's and 80's but has diminished a bit in the popular view of psychology. (We are still positive thinkers, but there has been some balancing occuring.)

Karen Horney (a proponent of Object Relations -- that personality and behavior strategies develop from our inborn instincts coupled with our early family relationships) has received more popularization in the last ten years. I personally see a lot of good in OR theory...

I'm not sure who specific Cognitive Behaviorilists were, but the idea that we can intellectually examine our misfounded thoughts that have led to ineffective coping mechanisms, thus changing our assumptions and thus training ourselves to change, has been gaining a lot of popularity in the last 10-20 years and has some good stuff going for it as well.

Answer 2

Freud and Behaviourism (Skinner) are kind of falling out of favour but will always be necessary to learn. Positive Psychology is the latest trend , as is cognitive therapy mixed with talk therapy.

Answer 3

Freud. Well, atleast I think so.

Answer 4

jung mostly, idn'it?

Answer 5

umm socrates?