PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACHES I
Behavior & mental processes are largely shaped by the nervous system: brain, hormones, genes.
What is the Biological Approach?
Emphasizes the influence society and culture has on the way we think and act.
What is the Sociocultural Approach?
Helping people with personal challenges such as marriage and/or vocational difficulties.
What is a Counseling Psychologist?
Studies the behavior of shoppers to explain and/or predict buying behaviors.
What is a Consumer Psychologist?
He opened the first experimental psychology laboratory in Leipzig, Germany in 1879.
Who was Wilhelm Wundt?
Emphasizes internal conflicts, mostly unconscious, causing anxiety and other emotional problems.
What is the Psychodynamic Approach?
Using this perspective, a person's fear of intimacy may stem from unresolved childhood trauma.
What is the Psychoanalytic Approach?
Treating serious mental, emotional and/or behavioral disorders.
What is a Clinical Psychologist?
Investigates changes in human beings as they age, from "womb to the tomb".
What is a Developmental Psychologist?
In 1890, he wrote the first modern book of psychology and is also considered the "Founder of American Psychology".
Who was William James?
Emphasizes learning behaviors featuring the granting of rewards & punishments.
What is the Behavioral Approach?
Using various perspectives and/or approaches depending on which point of view works best.
What is the Eclectic Approach?
Specially trained therapist who can also prescribe medicine for their patients.
What is a Psychiatrist Psychologist?
Conducts research and makes recommendations concerning various topics such as interior design and the effects of climate change.
What is an Environmental Psychologist?
In 1896, he founded of the psychoanalytic approach, asserting that people are motivated by unconscious motives and unresolved internal conflicts.
Who was Sigmund Freud?
Emphasizes individual potential for growth & stresses individual choice & free will.
What is the Humanistic Approach?
Integrates biological, psychosocial and sociocultural factors in understanding behavior.
What is the Biopsychosocial Approach?
On-site professional who directly assists students with learning disabilities and/or behavior problems.
What is a School Psychologist?
Advises in the field of law enforcement and may also provide expert witness testimony in a court of law.
What is a Forensic Psychologist?
In 1913, he published "Psychology as Behavior", with an emphasis on observable and measurable behavior.
Who was John B. Watson?
Emphasizes ways in which behavior & mental processes are adaptive for survival.
What is the Evolutionary Approach?
Emphasizes ways in which people receive, store, retrieve & process information.
What is the Cognitive Approach?
Primarily conducts research and/or participates in test creation and/or curriculum design.
What is an Educational Psychologist?
Studies and provides recommendations on various topics related to workplace satisfaction and productivity.
What is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist?
He authored The Behavior of Organisms in 1938, featuring animal studies to introduce the theory of operant conditioning ("punishments vs. rewards").
Who was B.F. Skinner?