8 Major Approaches in Psychology

Question 1

Evolutionary

Answer 1

How the natural selection of traits has promoted the survival genes- strong mutations passed on to younger generations

Question 2

Behavior genetics

Answer 2

how both genes and environment shape behavior and mental processes (nature and nurture)

Question 3

Psychoanalytical/ Psychdynamic

Answer 3

how behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts

Key words: unconsciously, inner conflicts

Question 4

behavioral

Answer 4

how learning influences behavior through rewards and punishments

Key words: rewarding, punishing

Question 5

cognitive

Answer 5

how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information

Key words: misinterprets, thinking, remembering, and communicating

Question 6

humanistic

Answer 6

How we meet our needs for love, acceptance, and self-fulfillment

Key words: unhappy childhood, healthy self image, personal fulfillment

Question 7

social-cultural

Answer 7

how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultural contexts

Key words: (male dominated) society

Question 8

Neuroscience

Answer 8

How the body and brain shape emotions, memories, and sensory experiences (focuses on genetic, neural, and hormonal influences)

Key words: brain chemistry and genetic link