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Modern Perspectives

Explore the diverse perspectives in psychology, including Behaviorism, Psychodynamic, Cognition, Biological, Humanistic, Evolutionary, and Sociocultural approaches. Gain insights into the study of observable behavior, childhood influences, memory processes, physiological causes, individual growth, evolutionary purposes, and cultural diversity.

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Modern Perspectives

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  1. Modern Perspectives

  2. Behaviorism • Ivan Pavlov • B.F. Skinner • John Watson • Redefined psych • “science study of the observable” • psychology should be an objective science based on observable and measurable behaviors.

  3. Psychodynamic • Evolved from Freud’s Psychoanalytic • Focus on childhood and free association/talk therapy • Difference • Doesn’t emphasize dream analysis or Freud’s psychosexual theories

  4. Cognition • Jean Piaget • Perspective concerned with • Memories • How we receive, store and process • Thinking and reasoning

  5. Biological • Explains human behaviors, emotions, and mental processes as having physiological or genetic causes

  6. Humanistic • Carl Rogers • Abraham Maslow • Hierarchy of Human Needs • Concerned with individual growth and the role of unique perceptions in growth toward one’s potential

  7. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs • Lower needs must be met and fulfilled before we can achieve the next higher need • Self-actualization – one reaching their highest potential without expecting any reward out of it • Up

  8. Evolutionary • Influenced by Charles Darwin • Drive to understand the adaptive purposes of our mental abilities

  9. Sociocultural • Perspective concerned with how cultural differences and diversity affect behavior • How people influence each other

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