Biological Psychologist's Response To The Biological Approach

The psychologist taking the biological approach would respond with an explanation of how the brain may be deficient in a certain area. He/she may suggest that there is a chemical imbalance in the brain causing the irrational actions displayed by the criminal. There may be any number of chemicals in the brain that could be off and affecting reactions in the nervous system all the way into the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system. Additionally, the psychologist may attribute genetic markers such as the body type or inherited traits that would make the person more susceptible to exhibiting these actions. Lastly, the biological psychologist would respond in a way that would consider any physiological and neural indicators that could have triggered the response by the person on the news. For the behavioral psychologist, he/she will look into the criminal’s background for indicators that may display where the negative behavior was learned. Focusing on the leaning patterns of the criminal, the psychologist may be able to
approximate when the criminal behavior began. The psychologist will also look at what negative action took place that began the negative behavior for example, a punishment rather than a reward that affected and later produced the characteristics displayed on the news. Looking at the history of behavior will better help the psychologist understand the person and respond in a way that will suggest behavioral history as the attribute that caused the headline on the news. Psychodynamic psychologists would emphasize the unconscious mental process that would determine the behavior of the criminal. Looking into the unconscious process will let the psychologist see what determined the thoughts and feelings that caused the actions presented by the person on the news. The psychodynamic psychologist would look at the inner conflict to satisfy one’s self while also satisfying the rules of society. Therefore, the aggressive behavior would be considered urges that overcome the person’s defense against expressing those urges. Lastly, the psychologist would analyze these inner conflicts to access the true problem that is underlying which caused the awful display of actions on the news. For the cognitive psychologist he/she will emphasize how the information that the person has received in their life is not necessarily all that caused the behavior displayed, rather it is the way the person perceived it.
A cognitive psychologist would try to understand why the person perceived the things he/she has learned in such a way that would trigger the destructive response. He/she may suggest that the criminal has always perceived things a certain way therefore their memories are all categorized under this perception which led to the lashing-out of the person on the news. Lastly, the psychologist would examine how the perceptions had effected the decisions made in the moment and any other thoughts surrounding the situation on the news. Therefore, the cognitive psychologist would suggest that the behavior displayed was due to the criminal’s perception of the world around him/her which is what lead to the behavior
demonstrated.