Psychology aproaches

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Biological approach

  • The brain releases chemicals and hormones which control & affect movement & mood

  • Hormones & chemicals released explain changes in behaviour

• Uses brain scans to show structure & function, uses animals to compare



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Behavioural approach

• Experiences influence our behaviour & how we learn behaviours

• We are ‘blank slates’ that are shaped through experience

• Use of association or reinforcement

• Experimental methods in controlled conditions & research w/ animals

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Psychodynamic approach



  • Sigmund Freud

  • Causes of behaviour lie within the unconscious mind, active but invisible

  • Emphasises the importance of childhood experiences & the impact on personality

  • Conflict between conscious & unconscious mind during sleep

  • Uses dream analysis



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Cognitive approach

  • Thought patterns are key to understanding human behaviour, similar to a computer by how it processes information

  • Mental disorders and caused by how you think & perceive reality

  • Lab experiments as key research methods