Psychology is the science that studies behavior and the cognitive and physiological processes that underlie behavior. It is also a profession that applies the knowledge of human behavior to practical problems. His views fostered the development of the modern focus on applied psychology and behaviorism. They argued that people may influence the environment just as the environment may influence them. Many of his own students disagreed with the focus and developed their own schools of thought as to what was the strongest motivator of human behavior.
Humanistic psychology emphasizes personal growth and the achievement of human potential.
Personal growth and self-fulfillment are natural strivings of our innate good nature, the natural unfolding of our unique and precious self. He identified the characteristics of persons who had fulfilled their potential so that we could understand the process of A self-actualization. Fritz Perls developed Gestalt therapy. Today Cognitive Psychology focuses on reasoning and mental processing of information. This currently favored approach to psychology studies processes of the mind such as memory, attention, decision-making, imagery and problem solving.