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Six Important Schools of Thought in Psychology

Six Important Schools of Thought in Psychology. By PresenterMedia.com. Biopsychology. Description. Approach to studying alcohol abuse. Behaviour is studied based on the biological responses, physical changes that take place. Is alcoholism a disease? What role does heredity play?

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Six Important Schools of Thought in Psychology

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  1. Six Important Schools of Thought in Psychology By PresenterMedia.com

  2. Biopsychology Description Approach to studying alcohol abuse • Behaviour is studied based on the biological responses, physical changes that take place • Is alcoholism a disease? • What role does heredity play? • How does alcohol affect the brain and behaviour?

  3. Sociocultural Psychology Theory Description Approach to studying alcohol abuse • Behaviour is viewed as being strongly influenced by the expectations of social groups or cultures • How does alcoholism differ among cultures? • What social pressures might cause alcohol abuse?

  4. Cognitive Approach Description Approach to studying alcohol abuse • Take information from environment • Analyze it • Come up with a solution to the problem • Behaviour is a product of internal sentences or thoughts • What thoughts lead up to episodes of heavy drinking? • If analyzed can drinking patterns be changed?

  5. Humanism Description Approach to studying alcohol abuse • Behaviour viewed as a reflection of internal growth • Environment does not force us to become anything, it asks as a background for our internal growth • Do people drink because they don’t feel a sense of worth? Does alcohol provide a false esteem?

  6. Psychoanalysis Description Approach to studying alcohol abuse • Behaviour is viewed as a reflection of unconscious aggressive and sexual impulses. • Is the heavy drinking happening because of a conflict raging in the unconscious? • Does drinking release inhibitions allowing the unconscious desires to surface?

  7. Behaviorism Description Approach to studying alcoholism • Behaviour is viewed as a product of learned responses. • Is alcoholism learned? • Can it be unlearned? • Can new habits replace drinking habits/

  8. Eclecticism  Synthesis • Each theoretical outlook can explain behaviour • Can combine them to make your own explanation COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL SOCIOCULTURAL BIOPSYCHOLOGICAL PSYCHO-ANALYTICAL HUMANISTIC

  9. Michael Jackson

  10. Research Psychologists • Study the causes of behaviour

  11. Applied Psychologists Use research to solve problems

  12. READ pages 9-13 DO Questions for Discussion Page 13READ Pages 17-19DO Questions for Discussion Page 19Schools of Thought Handout

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