Contemporary perspectives of psychology

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Study the relationships between the brain, hormones, heredity, and evolution. Dreams, fantasies, thoughts, and the behavior patterns of various species are made possible by the nervous system especially the brain.

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Biological perspective

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Mental processes to understand human nature
. Study of the mind. They investigate the ways we mentally perceive and represent the world .

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Cognitive perspective

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Slightly like cognitive but emphasizes the role of subjective personal experience

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Humanistic-existential perspective

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systematic study of the psychological forces underlying human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience. Contemporary psychologists who follow the theories derived from Freud prefer to be call themselves “neoanalysts”.

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Psychodynamic perspective

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emphasize environmental influences and the learning of habits through repetition and reinforcement

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Contemporary behaviorists

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suggest that people may modify and create their environments

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Social cognitive theorists

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The cultural concepts of masculinity and femininity

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Gender