Psychoanalysis
Freud: Understanding persons early experience. Used free association (no filter) interpretation (analyst points out meaning) and analysis of transference (look at reaction
Freuds assumptions that held
Childhood experience help shape adult personality
There are unconscious influence on behavior
The causes and purposes of behavior are not always obvious
Behaviourism
Observable behaviour rather than mental. Classical conditioning
Law of effect
Behavior will be repeated when consequences lead to satisfying behavior