Explaining Charlie using the 9 Modern

Biological Perspectives: Behavioral

Developmental
Sociocultural

Cognitive
Evolutionary/
Sociobiological
Psychodynamic

Humanistic Trait
Nine Modern Perspectives of Psychology
Biological
Developmental
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
Humanistic
Behavioral
Sociocultural
Evolutionary/
Sociobiological
Trait
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 Perspective
Biological View of Human Nature:
Natural influences
Developmental
personalities, behaviors and
Cognitive abilities
Psychodynamic
What Determines Behavior:
Humanistic
1. Neural structures
Behavioral 2. Biochemistry
Sociocultural 3. Inborn responses to
Evolutionary/ external cues
Sociobiological
Trait
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Neuroscience
The field devoted to understanding how
the brain creates thoughts, feelings,
motives, consciousness, memories, and
other mental processes

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 Perspective
Biological View of Human Nature:
Developmental Behavior is developed and
adapted over time
Cognitive
What Determines Behavior:
Psychodynamic
Natural selection
Humanistic
Behavioral
Sociocultural

Evolutionary

Trait
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 Perspective View of Human Nature:
We undergo predictable patterns
Biological
of change throughout our
Developmental entire life span
Cognitive
Psychodynamic
What Determines Behavior:
Humanistic
The interaction between
Behavioral
heredity-genes and environment
Sociocultural
Evolutionary/
Sociobiological
Trait
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 Perspective
Biological View of Human Nature:
Developmental People are information-
processing systems
Cognitive
Psychodynamic What Determines Behavior:
Mental interpretation of our
Humanistic
experience
Behavioral
Sociocultural
Evolutionary/
Sociobiological
Trait
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 COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE
An interdisciplinary field emphasizing brain
activity as information processing.
Involves cognitive psych, neurology, biology,
computer science, linguistics, and specialists
from other fields who are interested in the
connection between mental processes and the
brain.
Example: Studying the strategies in a game of
chess

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 Perspective
Biological
Developmental View of Human Nature:

Cognitive We are driven by dark forces

of the unconscious
Psychodynamic
Humanistic What Determines Behavior:
Behavioral Unconscious needs, conflicts,
Sociocultural repressed memories, and
Evolutionary/ childhood experiences
Sociobiological
Trait
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 Psychoanalyst
Medical doctors with a specialty in psychiatry
and advanced training in
Freudian Methods

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 Perspective
Biological
Developmental
Cognitive View of Human Nature:
Emphasizes human growth,
Psychodynamic
potential and free will
Humanistic
Behavioral What Determines Behavior:
Sociocultural The influence of self-concept,
Evolutionary/ perceptions, and interpersonal
Sociobiological relationships, and on need for
personal growth
Trait
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People have control over who they are
People make choices, good or bad, that affect
their lives

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 Major Humanistic Figures
Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers

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 Perspective
Biological View of Human Nature:
Developmental Behavior is primarily shaped by
learning
Cognitive
Psychodynamic What Determines Behavior:
Humanistic Stimulus cues and our history of
rewards and punishments
Behavioral
Sociocultural
Environment causes behaviornot
Evolutionary/ the mind or biology
Sociobiological
Trait
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 B.F Skinner

Cant prove the

mind exists.
so its too
subjective to
study

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The Skinner Box

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The Air Crib

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 Perspective View of Human Nature:
Biological People are social animals, so
human behavior must be
Developmental interpreted in the social context
Cognitive from a cultural perspective

Psychodynamic What Determines Behavior:

Humanistic Cultures
Behavioral Social norms
Sociocultural Expectations
Evolutionary/ Social learning
Sociobiological
How are humans alikeand
Trait how are they different
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 Alike

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Different

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 Perspective
View of Human Nature:
Biological
Individual differences result from
Developmental differences in our underlying
patterns of stable
Cognitive
characteristicsor traits
Psychodynamic
What Determines Behavior:
Humanistic
Each persons unique
Behavioral
combination of traits
Sociocultural
Evolutionary/
Sociobiological
Personality tests
Trait
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