Psychology: Major Theoretical Perspectives and Models

pschodynamic (thumb)

cause of mental disorders focus on unconscious thoughts/experiences

ex: childhood trauma, past accidents

cognitive (pointer)

focus on maladaptive thoughts, beliefs, emotions

how we label events can impact experience

behavioral (middle)

focus on bad learned associations between or among responses to stimuli (middle finger)

humanistic (ring finger)

focus on on lack of social support and being unable to fulfill ones potential (undying positive reinforcement)

Biological (pinky)

focus on physiological/genetic issue how neurotransmitteres, brain, nervous system affect emotions

sociocultural (palm)

focus on maladaptive social and cultural relationships

ex: stereotyping, norms

evolutionary (nail)

focus on behaviors + mental process reduce likelihood of survival

(natural selection)

biopsychosocial approach

integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis

diathesis-stress model

model assumes person develops psychological disorders due to genetic vulnerability(diathesis) in combination w/ stressful life experiences (stress)