Psychological Type as a Basic Meaning Framework for the History of Psychology

23 ABSTRACT Psychological type theory provides a coherent, parsimonious meaning framework for understanding similarities and differences in the theoretical content of the psychological systems. The present report demonstrates that primary qualities of specific psychological type processes inform the theoretical content of the psychological systems. A typological analysis of the theoretical content of the psychological systems resulted in the following classifications: Structuralism, ISTJ; Functionalism, ENTP; Behaviorism, ESTJ; Gestalt Psychology, INTP; Psychoanalysis, ISTJ; and Humanistic psychology, INFP. From a psychoepistemological perspective, psychological type processes are inherent properties of human consciousness that provide fundamental meaning structures that guide the construction of knowledge at individual and collective levels. Psychological Type as a Basic Meaning Framework for the History of Psychology