Perspectives Of Psychology Flashcards

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Psychoanalytic

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Focus: how the unconscious mind and childhood experiences influence maladaptive behaviour

Sub-disciplines: personality, clinical, counselling

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Behavioural

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Focus: How the environment shapes our behaviour through stimuli and consequences

Sub-disciplines: clinical, industrial, organizational, educational, forensic

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Humanistic

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Focus: How free will and striving for personal growth and meaning shapes our thinking and behaviour

Sub-disciplines: personality, clinical, counselling

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Cognitive

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Focus: how we think using processes such as retrieval and storage in memory, perception and attention.

Sub-disciplines: cognitive, developmental, social, sport, industrial, organizational.

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Neuroscience

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Focus: how brain function and structure is linked to thought and behaviour

Sub-Disciplines: biological, developmental, cognitive, social, clinical.

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Socio-cultural

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Focus: how culture shapes the way we think and act

Sub-discipline: developmental, social, clinical

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Evolutionary

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Focus: How our behaviours are shaped through natural selection and adaption

Sub-discipline: biological, developmental, social

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