Chp 2: Different Types of Psychology

Question 1

Psychodynamic

Answer 1

The unconscious
-Focuses on the psychological roots of emotional suffering
-Self-reflection, self-examination, the unconscious, early childhood, experiences, dreams
Key words: Repression, unresolved conflicts, defense mechanisms
People: Sigmed Freud

Question 2

Behavioral

Answer 2

-Observable enviroment, influences on behavior
Key words: Learning, conditioning, reinforcement, punishment
People: John B. Watson & B.F. Skinner

Question 3

Huamistic

Answer 3

Concept of free will & self actualization
Key words: Self actualization, growth, choice, positive, their
People: Carl Rodgers & Abraham Maslow ( Maslows hiearchy of needs)

Question 4

Cognitive

Answer 4

Focused on conscious thought/mind, why you think the way you do
-How do thoughts, emotion, creativity, and problem-solving affect how we interrupt different situations
Key words: Memories, attention, information processing

Question 5

Biological (Medical Model)

Answer 5

-Biological viewpoint
-Studying the brain, immune system, nervous system, and genetics
Key words: Genes, brain, hormones nerves, nerves system, neurons, neurotransmitters

Question 6

Evoluntionary

Answer 6

Theoretical approach that many of your core behaviors and ways of processing information are a result of evolution
Key words: Adapt, survive, reproduce, natural selection
People: Charles Darwin & William James
Example: Why do people get jealous?

Question 7

Sociocultural (Cross culturalism)

Answer 7

How social interaction, culture influences, important people in our lives influence our behavior & mental processes
Key words: Society, culture norms, gender, race, ethnicity
Example: How does poverty influence health & mental illness?

Question 8

Biopsychosocial (Eclectic view)

Answer 8

Sees all as connected, most used
Bio- Psycho- Social