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What are the 5 major psychological perspectives?
1) Biological
2) Learning
3) Cognitive
3) Sociocultural
5) Psychodynamic
What is Structuralism?
An
early approach
that
emphasized
the
analysis
of
immediate experience into basic elements.
What is Functionalism?
An early psychological approach that
emphasized the function or purpose of behavior and consciousness.
What is Psychoanalysis?
A theory of
personality
and a method of
psychotherapy
, originally formulated by
Sigmaud Freud
, that emphasizes
unconscious motives and conflicts.
What is biological perspective?
Focuses on how bodily events affect behavior, feelings, and thoughts.
What is the "learning perspective"?
Concerned with how the environment and experience affect a person's or animals actions. "behavioralism and social-cognitive learning theories"
Author
rlepp723
ID
58665
Card Set
Psychology
Description
chapter 1
Updated
2011-01-08T21:11:47Z
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