Perspectives Of Psychology

Question 1

Psychoanalytic

Answer 1

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

Sub-disciplines: personality, clinical, counselling

Question 2

Behavioural

Answer 2

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

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

Question 3

Humanistic

Answer 3

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

Sub-disciplines: personality, clinical, counselling

Question 4

Cognitive

Answer 4

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

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

Question 5

Neuroscience

Answer 5

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

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

Question 6

Socio-cultural

Answer 6

Focus: how culture shapes the way we think and act

Sub-discipline: developmental, social, clinical

Question 7

Evolutionary

Answer 7

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

Sub-discipline: biological, developmental, social