A view of the theories

The main ideas of Sigmund Freud, B.F. Skinner and Carl Rogers have been with us for decades. These ideas, however, have not grown old (in recent writings, Skinner and Rogers have continued to expand their basic concepts. They still attract attention, cause debate, stimulate research, and gather criticism as well as praise. They form the bases for, or have influenced, many current attempts to understand and change human behaviour, and they remain vital elements of present-day psychology-despite the rapid growth and expansion of the field in numerous directions.
Freud's psychoanalytic approach, Skinner's radical behaviorism, and Rogers' humanistic views actually constitute three different psychologies. They differ in the answ...