Contempory Approaches Flashcards
Behaviorism
Observing behaviors
Reinforcements
Analyze how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment
Cognitive
Mental processes
Thinking/processing
How we process, store, retrieve, and use information
How cognitive processes influence our behavior
Humanistic
Look at self-actualization How to reach full potential of self Self esteem Affiliation - need to belong or fit in Psychological needs = #1 Safety = #2
Biological
Genetics and Chemical imbalances
Look at the biological state of the body and how it influences behavior in the brain, genetics, etc
Sociocultural/social-culture
Look at the culture and social group that one is in, and how it influences a person’s behavior
Race
Religion
Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic
Freud
Looking at the unconscience
Repression
How unconscience motives and conflicts determine human behaviors