Perspectives Of Psychology Flashcards
Psychoanalytic
Focus: how the unconscious mind and childhood experiences influence maladaptive behaviour
Sub-disciplines: personality, clinical, counselling
Behavioural
Focus: How the environment shapes our behaviour through stimuli and consequences
Sub-disciplines: clinical, industrial, organizational, educational, forensic
Humanistic
Focus: How free will and striving for personal growth and meaning shapes our thinking and behaviour
Sub-disciplines: personality, clinical, counselling
Cognitive
Focus: how we think using processes such as retrieval and storage in memory, perception and attention.
Sub-disciplines: cognitive, developmental, social, sport, industrial, organizational.
Neuroscience
Focus: how brain function and structure is linked to thought and behaviour
Sub-Disciplines: biological, developmental, cognitive, social, clinical.
Socio-cultural
Focus: how culture shapes the way we think and act
Sub-discipline: developmental, social, clinical
Evolutionary
Focus: How our behaviours are shaped through natural selection and adaption
Sub-discipline: biological, developmental, social