Comtemporary Approaches To Psychology Flashcards
Behaviorist
A psychologist who analyzes how organism learn or their behavior based on response to events in the environment
Ex. Ivan Pavlov
Cognitive
A psychologist who studies how wen process, store, retrieve and use information and how conflictive process influence our behavior
Ex. Jean Piaget
Humanistic
Looking at self-actuallzation stood and how to reach full potential of self
Biological
Looking at the biological state of the body and how it influences behavior (brain, genetics, etc)
Sociocultural
Looking at the culture and social group hat one is in, and how it influences a persons behavior
Psychoanalytic
A psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determines human behavior
Ex. Sigmund Freud