Schools of Thought

Question 1

Psychodynamic Perspective

Answer 1

• Introduced by Freud
• Many mental events happen outside of consciousness.
  Mental processes may conflict with one another, resulting in anxiety.

Question 2

Behaviourist Perspective

Answer 2

• Objects or events (stimuli) come to control behaviour through learning.
• Experimental method
• Stimuli become associated through conditioning.

Question 3

Humanistic

Answer 3

Focus on the uniqueness of the individual.

Question 4

Cognitive Perspective

Answer 4

Cognition refers to the mental processes.

Question 5

Evolutionary Perspective

Answer 5

• Human behaviour evolved because they helped our ancestors survive and reproduce.
• Some behaviours are biologically determined.