Approaches To Psychology

Question 1

Biological approach

Answer 1

Focus on genetic, hormonal, and neurochemical explanations of behavior

Question 2

Psychoanalysis

Answer 2

Innate drives of sex and aggression (nature). Social upbringing during childhood (nurture)

Question 3

Cognitive psychology

Answer 3

Innate mental structures such as schemes, perception and memory and constantly changed by the environment

Question 4

Humanism

Answer 4

Maslow emphasizes basic physical needs. Society influences a person’s self concept

Question 5

Behaviorism

Answer 5

All behavior is learned from the environment through conditioning