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What are those 3? And the pp linked

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Behaviourism (John B Watson)
Freud and psychoanalysis
The humanistic perspective (Maslow and Rogers)

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What is behaviourism

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Focuses on examination of observable behaviour.
Nature more important than nurture.
The environment affects us

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What is psychoanalysis?

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Focuses on the unconscious.
Freud thought people were driven by 2 things in life, libido and death wish.
It looks at human development and the structure of the mind and how our behaviour is linked to our subconscious.
He never did experiences.

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What is the humanistic perspective?

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They thought all human could thrive in the right conditions.

And that people are inherently good.

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