8 major perspectives of psychology

Psychodynamic

Unconscious drives, motives, conflicts, and childhood experiences. (Sigmund Freud)

Behavioral

Objective, observable, environmental influences on overt behavior. (B.F. Skinner, John Watson)

Humanistic

Free will, self-actualization, and human nature as naturally positive and growth-seeking. (Carl Rogers, Abraham Maslow)

Cognitive

Thinking, perceiving, problem solving, memory, language, and information processing. (Jean Piaget, Aaron Beck)

Biological

Genetics and biological processes in the brain and other parts of the nervous system. (Charles Darwin, Donald Hebb)

Evolutionary

Natural selection, adaptation, and evolution of behavior and mental processes. (Charles Darwin)

Sociocultural

Social interaction and the cultural determinants of behavior and mental processes. (Lev Vygotsky, George Herbert Mead)

Biopsychosocial

An approach that combines biological, psychological, and social factors in understanding behavior and mental processes.