LCT2: PsychologyPerspectives Flashcards
What are the 7 perspectives in psychology today?
1) Biological
2) Behavioral
3) Cognitive
4) Psychodynamic
5) Humanistic
6) Evolutionary
7) Social
What is the biological approach?
the study of the mind by looking at the brain –> how bodily events affect behavior, feelings, and thoughts (ex. through electrical impulses in nerves or blood flow thru body)
Psychologist(s) that are associated to biological?
Karl Lashley
Michael Gazzaniga
What is the behavioral approach?
how the environment and experience affect our actions –> affects due to external sources, don’t have any control of your own
What is behaviorism?
emphasizes Observable, Measurable actions rather than thoughts or intentions
Psychologist(s) that are associated to behavioral?
John Watson
B.F. Skinner
What is the cognitive approach?
how ppl think, reason, remember, solve problems, explain experiences, form beliefs –> information processing model of the mind (considering the mind like a computer and how they process certain things)
Psychologist(s) that are associated to cognitive?
George Miller
Jean Piaget
What is the psychodynamic approach?
looks at unconscious dynamics within the individual - conflicts, defenses, instincts. –> Psycho-analysis = digging below the surface of the mind (archeology of the mind)
Who said this quote, “Majority of your mental life is unconscious.”? (Psychologist associated to psychodynamics)
Sigmund Freud
What is the humanistic approach?
emphasizes a person’s strengths and capacity for personal growth –> free will
Psychologist(s) that are associated with humanistic?
Carl Rogers
What is the evolutionary approach?
uses ideas such as adaptation, reproduction, and natural selection to explain human behavior
Psychologist(s) that are associated with evolutionary?
David Buss
Leda Cosmides
What is the social approach?
how people act in groups - how people are with other people or how social and cultural forces shape every aspect of human behavior
