perspectives in pyschology

psychodynamic perspective

emphasizes the role of unconscious mental processes, inner conflicts, and early childhood experiences in shaping behavior and personality, suggests that much of our behavior is driven by forces we are not fully aware of

behavioral perspective

emphasizes that human behavior is primarily shaped by external stimuli and environmental factors through learning processes like conditioning

humanistic perspective

emphasizes the inherent goodness of individuals and their capacity for growth and self-actualization

cognitive perspective

emphasizes the importance of internal mental processes, such as thinking, memory, and perception, in understanding human behavior

biological perspective

studies brain & other parts of the body to understand how they affect our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors; examines how your brain chemicals or genes, influence how you act & feel

evolutionary perspective

uses ideas from evolution to explain why we might act in ways that once helped humans survive and have children

sociocultural perspective

emphasizes how social interactions and cultural context shape individual behavior and cognitive development

biopsychoscoial perspective

combines biology, psychology & social factors to fully understand how people think, feel, and act, it believes that to really understand why someone behaves a certain way, you have to look at everything