An Introduction to Different Perspectives in Psychology, Study notes of Psychology

Download An Introduction to Different Perspectives in Psychology and more Study notes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! PSYCHOLOGY PART 1 Introspection: Focus on inner sensations, images, and feelings Behaviorism -study of overt behavior as the subject matter of scientific psychology *Watson *Skinner Humanistic -enviromental influences on growth potential, need for love and acceptance *Maslow *Rogers Cognitive Neuroscience -brain activity linked with mental activity *How does the mind process and retain information? Psychology’s roots -science of behavior and mental processes behavior=observable action and mental=subjective experiences Current Perspectives -Neuroscience=how body and brain enable emotions, memories and sensory experience -Evolutionary=how does natural selection of traits promote perpetuation of genes? -Behavioral Genetics=how do genes and environments influence individual differences? -Psychodynamic=how does behavior spring from unconscious drives/conflicts? -Behavioral=how do we learn observational responses? -Cognitive=how do we encode, process, store and retrieve information? -Social-cultural=how does behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures?