In psychology there are several perspectives that are used to describe, predict, and explain human behavior. The three major psychological perspectives are functionalism, structuralism, and behaviorism. Functionalism stressed the importance of how behavior functions to allow people and animals to adapt to their environments. They included research that involved direct observation of living creatures in their natural settings. They also studied how psychology could be applied to places such as education, child rearing, and working environment. A leading theorist of functionalism was William James. His ideas became the basis for functionalism. Structuralism was the belief that en our most complex conscious experiences could be broken down into elemental structures. A leading theorist of structuralism was Edward B. Titchener. Titchener established a 26 room psychology laboratory. He is well known for his procedure called introspection. Behaviorism is the study of behavior is acquired or modified by environmental causes. A leading theorist of Behaviorism was John B. Watson. Watson wrote his own book on behaviorism which influenced many other people.
Part II: Research Methods
There are four different research methods. There is the scientific method, descriptive research method, experimental …show more content…
It uses chemical messenger to transmit information form one part of the body to another. There are different glands in the endocrine system. The pituitary regulates activities of several other glands. It produces three different hormones. It produces the growth hormone which stimulates normal skeletal growth during childhood. It can also produce prolactin, the hormone that stimulates milk production. The endocrine system also produces the adrenal glands. Two hormones that are related to it are epinephrine and norepinephrine. The pineal gland produces the melatonin