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My memory is a bit rusty on functionalism, so I focused on Gestalt.
The '''mind''' is the most obvious thing which sets apart human beings from animals. Mind is not synonymous with '[[brain]]'.
The '''mind''' is the most obvious thing which sets apart human beings from animals. Mind is not synonymous with '[[brain]]', but it is sometimes used to refer to the activities of such.
The mind has the capacity for [[thought]], including [[imagination]], [[foresight]], [[analysis]], and [[emotion]], which in various ways use the powers of the brain.
The mind has the capacity for [[thought]], including [[imagination]], [[foresight]], [[analysis]], and [[emotion]], which in various ways use the powers of the brain.
==Functionalism==
==Functionalism==
Unlike Structuralism, Functionalism ceased comepletly to focus on the makeup of the mind.
==The Gestalt Movement==
==The Gestalt Movement==
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" best summarises the Gestalt movement. This branch refered to Structuralism and Functionalism as "brick and mortar psychology", and saw the "whole" experience of the mind as a Gestalt. The primary characteristic of the Gestalt is the importancs of the consciousness, and the belief that wholes cannot be reduced to a listing with a description of the parts. The Gestalt movement proposed [[Principles of Perception]], which focus on how we tend to group objects.
#Proximity - Similar objects group
#Similarity - Similar looking objects group, even despite proximity
#Pragnanz - The idea that we naturally attempt to make a "perfect shape"
#Closure - Our tendancy to complete incomplete shapes.
==Psychoanalysis==
==Psychoanalysis==