Focuses on observable behaviors over feelings: how we learn. Believes we behave in ways because we have been conditioned to do so. We have to recondition in order to change.
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Cognitive Perspective
Focuses on how we think or encode information, with therapy attempting to change the way we think.
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Humanist Perspective
Pushes people to strive to be their best selves with “self actualization”. Suggests happiness is defined by the distance between our “self-concept” and “ideal self”.
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Psychoanalytic Perspective
Focuses on the unconscious mind and argues that we repress many real feelings and aren’t aware of them, suggests that in order to improve, we have to address the true feelings we have.
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Social-Cultural Perspective
Much of your behavior and feelings are dictated by the culture that you are living in.
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Evolutionary Perspective
Focuses on Darwinism - we behave the way we do because we inherited the behaviors.
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Biological Perspective
Refers to the function of brain and body chemistry, and its impact on our actions. Suggests that we have to change body chemistry in order to change behavior - often deals with medications and surgeries.
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Humanist
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers supported the ________ perspective.
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Psychoanalytic
Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud supported the ___________ perspective.
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Behavioral
Conditioning is a major part in the ____________ perspective.
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Medication
Biological perspectives will often suggest ___________ to solve a problem.
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Cognitive
_________ therapy attempts to change the way one thinks.
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Self-actualization
The concept of _______________ is associated with the humanist approach, with one trying to become their best self.
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Childhood
As well as the unconscious mind, psychoanalysis will often refer to __________ trauma as the source of psychological problems.
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Ivan Pavlov
B.F. Skinner and _________ supported the behavioral perspective of psychology.
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Chemistry
In the biological perspective, one's body ________ must be changed in order to solve a problem.
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Darwinism
The evolutionary perspective emphasizes _________, suggesting that we inherit behaviors from our ancestors.
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Happiness
The distance between our self-concept and ideal self, according to the humanist perspective.
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Repress
According to the psychoanalytic perspective, we ________ many feelings that we find undesirable.
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