Early Perspectives Of Psychology
Aspects of Psychology
Unit 1 Individual Project
Introduction:
The three early perspectives (theories) of psychology that I have chosen were Functionalism, Cognitive, and Humanistic. We will discuss these three perspectives in the following. They are three different school of thought in the field of psychology.
“Functionalism psychology focuses on how mental and behavioral processes function. They enable organism to adapt, flourish and survive.” Functionalism is the doctrine that what makes something a thought, desire, pain (or any other type of mental state) depends not on its internal constitution, but solely on its function, or the role it plays, in the cognitive system of which it is a part. Functionalism is a school of thought …show more content…
is geared more toward helping people adapt to whatever environment they are presently in. Whatever surrounding a individual would find themselves in, they would have the skills to adapt using this form of psychology of Functionalism. More precisely, functionalist theories take the identity of a mental state to be determined by its causal relations to sensory stimulations, other mental states, and behavior. In fact more of the sensory skills are used in the school of thought of Functionalism. An example of Functionalism would come from not only the experimentation, but also from the study of children, other animals, and the mentally ill. .
The Cognitive –Behavioristic has two perspectives combined together when it comes to psychology.
There is cognitive psychology that focuses on thinking processes and behaviorism. This describes how behavior is learned. Some aspects of a Cognitive person would be Polarized thinking, Overgeneralization, and Always Being Right. For instance, a Cognitive person might say they failed a task even before attempting the task. Overgeneralization is when a person gathers a general conclusion or assumption from something that happened in the past or similar situation and believes the same out come will come about. For example in some relationships people may think their sufficient other is going to hurt them just like their ex-sufficient other did. When in reality the sufficient other has not done anything that their ex has done to them. This is where a Cognitive personality can become bad for a relationship because there is mostly assumptions rather than just going with the flow. There are a variety of different techniques and strategies that clinical psychologist use to help cognitive-behavioristic people change the way they think and respond to …show more content…
situations.
The aspect of a Humanism person would constant of relating to an approach that studies the whole person, and the uniqueness of each individual.
Personal agency is the humanistic term for the exercise of free will. Personal agency refers to the choices we make in life, the paths we go down, and their consequences. Humanism is how we interact with everything on daily basics. An example of Humanism would be accurate in perceiving reality, accepting of themselves, of other people and of nature, they are very spontaneous in thought and emotion, rather than artificial. The humanistic approach the personal worth of the individual, and the creative, active nature of human beings. The approach is optimistic and focuses on noble human capacity to overcome hardship, pain, and despair. The humanistic school of thought comes from a perspective that everyone is a unique individual with a good inner core to start with. The psychology deals with people being their natural self inwardly. If the individual is suffering from some mental disarray, it is believed in the humanistic perspective that the individual has distorted or left the true inner self to cling to something
unreal.
Conclusion:
Psychology is an avenue created to understand the thoughts, behaviors, and feelings of other people or what they may suffer from in these areas. These early perspectives that we spoke about here in this writing were created to help people psychologically. We hope that we have given you some insight on Functionalism, Cognitive-Behavioristic, and Humanistic perspective.
Bibliography
Board, E. (2011). Introduction to Psychology. Words of Wisdom, LLC.
Levin, J. (2010, June 01). Functionalism. Retrieved 10 06, 2012, from The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2010/entries/functionalism/
McLeod, S. (2007). Cognitive Psychology. Retrieved from Simply Psychology: http://www.simplypsychology.org/Cognitive.html
Mcleod, S. (2007). Humanism Psychology. Retrieved from Simply Psychology: http://www.simplypsychology.org/humanistic.html
Unit 1 Individual Project
Introduction:
The three early perspectives (theories) of psychology that I have chosen were Functionalism, Cognitive, and Humanistic. We will discuss these three perspectives in the following. They are three different school of thought in the field of psychology.
“Functionalism psychology focuses on how mental and behavioral processes function. They enable organism to adapt, flourish and survive.” Functionalism is the doctrine that what makes something a thought, desire, pain (or any other type of mental state) depends not on its internal constitution, but solely on its function, or the role it plays, in the cognitive system of which it is a part. Functionalism is a school of thought …show more content…
is geared more toward helping people adapt to whatever environment they are presently in. Whatever surrounding a individual would find themselves in, they would have the skills to adapt using this form of psychology of Functionalism. More precisely, functionalist theories take the identity of a mental state to be determined by its causal relations to sensory stimulations, other mental states, and behavior. In fact more of the sensory skills are used in the school of thought of Functionalism. An example of Functionalism would come from not only the experimentation, but also from the study of children, other animals, and the mentally ill. .
The Cognitive –Behavioristic has two perspectives combined together when it comes to psychology.
There is cognitive psychology that focuses on thinking processes and behaviorism. This describes how behavior is learned. Some aspects of a Cognitive person would be Polarized thinking, Overgeneralization, and Always Being Right. For instance, a Cognitive person might say they failed a task even before attempting the task. Overgeneralization is when a person gathers a general conclusion or assumption from something that happened in the past or similar situation and believes the same out come will come about. For example in some relationships people may think their sufficient other is going to hurt them just like their ex-sufficient other did. When in reality the sufficient other has not done anything that their ex has done to them. This is where a Cognitive personality can become bad for a relationship because there is mostly assumptions rather than just going with the flow. There are a variety of different techniques and strategies that clinical psychologist use to help cognitive-behavioristic people change the way they think and respond to …show more content…
situations.
The aspect of a Humanism person would constant of relating to an approach that studies the whole person, and the uniqueness of each individual.
Personal agency is the humanistic term for the exercise of free will. Personal agency refers to the choices we make in life, the paths we go down, and their consequences. Humanism is how we interact with everything on daily basics. An example of Humanism would be accurate in perceiving reality, accepting of themselves, of other people and of nature, they are very spontaneous in thought and emotion, rather than artificial. The humanistic approach the personal worth of the individual, and the creative, active nature of human beings. The approach is optimistic and focuses on noble human capacity to overcome hardship, pain, and despair. The humanistic school of thought comes from a perspective that everyone is a unique individual with a good inner core to start with. The psychology deals with people being their natural self inwardly. If the individual is suffering from some mental disarray, it is believed in the humanistic perspective that the individual has distorted or left the true inner self to cling to something
unreal.
Conclusion:
Psychology is an avenue created to understand the thoughts, behaviors, and feelings of other people or what they may suffer from in these areas. These early perspectives that we spoke about here in this writing were created to help people psychologically. We hope that we have given you some insight on Functionalism, Cognitive-Behavioristic, and Humanistic perspective.
Bibliography
Board, E. (2011). Introduction to Psychology. Words of Wisdom, LLC.
Levin, J. (2010, June 01). Functionalism. Retrieved 10 06, 2012, from The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2010/entries/functionalism/
McLeod, S. (2007). Cognitive Psychology. Retrieved from Simply Psychology: http://www.simplypsychology.org/Cognitive.html
Mcleod, S. (2007). Humanism Psychology. Retrieved from Simply Psychology: http://www.simplypsychology.org/humanistic.html