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humanist perspective
stresses individual choice and free will.
Believed we choose most of our behaviors
which are guided by our physiological, emotional, or spiritual needs.
psychodynamic perspective
A psychological approach that emphasizes the influence of the unconscious mind
(the part of the mind we have no cnocius control over)
(pushes memories into mind through repression)
ex: early childhood experiences
biopsychology perspective
explain human thought and behavior strictly in terms of biological processes
- cognition, reactions from genes, hormones, etc
evolutionary perspective
thoguhts and behaviors come from natural selection as advantages for survival
behavioral perspective
Focuses on how behavior is learned through rewards, punishments, and associations with the environment
conditioning
cognitive perspective
how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information influences our behaviro
socio-cultural perspective
how beahvior is influneced by various cultures
Biopsycho-social perspective
Explains behavior through the interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors.
several infeounces
eclectic
Combines ideas and techniques from multiple psychological theories to understand behavior.
