Psychology perspectives

Question 1

What is psychology?

Answer 1

• Scientific study of mental processes and behaviours
• Goals of psych is to describe, explain, predict and change behaviour and mental processes

Question 2

B CHEP

Name the perspectives of psychology

Answer 2

Behaviourism, cognitive, humanistic, evoluntionary, psychodynamic,

Question 3

Who, what

Psychodynamic?

Answer 3

• SIGMUND FREUD
• psychoanalysis to treat fears
• unconscious mind deals with conflict, and guides behaviour
• much of psychological activity outside conscious awareness
• minds develop techniques to cope with conflict of contradictory desires

Question 4

Behaviourism

Answer 4

• methodological approach
• behaviours aquired through conditioning
• CC, OP

Question 5

Cognitive

Answer 5

• FODOR and CHOMSKY
• brain as an info processing device
• SM, STM, LTM
• neural actity processes info

Question 6

humanistic

Answer 6

• MASLOW
• achieving fulfilment in life
• approaching interventions in a positive way
• people’s needs are tiered
• self-actualisation is highest goal

Question 7

Evolutionary

Answer 7

• DARWIN
• natural selection leads to mental adaptations
• features of psych are heritable, adaptive responses to survival and reproductive challenges of ancestors
• can be mismatched like diet now compared to then