Unit 4 Key Psychological Perspectives P1
Principle psychological perspectives
Psychology is the study of the brain, stemming from the greek word ‘psyche’ meaning the mind, and is made up of man different theories and perspectives. Each of these look at the human mind and find different explanations for how it works and how people behave. Some of the key psychological perspectives are;
Behaviourist
Social Learning
Psychodynamic
Humanistic
Cognitive
Biological
Behaviourist Theory
The behaviourist theory of psychology was founded by J.B Watson in 1959, and is based around the idea that individuals act in a certain manner because they’ve learnt to behave that way due to a factor in their environment that stimulates a positive or a negative response from them.
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This is because certain disorders, such as Huntington’s disease or Cystic Fibrosis, are caused by the alleles in a persons’ genetic composition. As they’re caused by genetics, these disorders – and others like them – will occur regardless of the environment in which an individual is placed, and these disorders can have a large impact upon behaviour.
For instance, Huntington’s disease usually begins displaying symptoms after 30 years of age, and changes in behaviour such as hallucinations, confusion, memory loss and personality changes occur. This may cause depression, isolation and decreased ability within individuals which is caused by the genetics of the disease rather than the environment.
Furthermore, there are other disorders for which there can be a genetic predisposition; meaning, whilst a person’s genes don’t cause a person to have the disorder, it causes them to be more likely to develop it – such as in some cases of depression.
Twin studies are often used to determine how greatly genetics can contribute to a person’s character. This is because identical twins share exactly the same DNA, so the use of twins can investigate what may have been caused by genes as logically, if something is caused by genes then both the twins will exhibit
Psychology is the study of the brain, stemming from the greek word ‘psyche’ meaning the mind, and is made up of man different theories and perspectives. Each of these look at the human mind and find different explanations for how it works and how people behave. Some of the key psychological perspectives are;
Behaviourist
Social Learning
Psychodynamic
Humanistic
Cognitive
Biological
Behaviourist Theory
The behaviourist theory of psychology was founded by J.B Watson in 1959, and is based around the idea that individuals act in a certain manner because they’ve learnt to behave that way due to a factor in their environment that stimulates a positive or a negative response from them.
The stimulus …show more content…
This is because certain disorders, such as Huntington’s disease or Cystic Fibrosis, are caused by the alleles in a persons’ genetic composition. As they’re caused by genetics, these disorders – and others like them – will occur regardless of the environment in which an individual is placed, and these disorders can have a large impact upon behaviour.
For instance, Huntington’s disease usually begins displaying symptoms after 30 years of age, and changes in behaviour such as hallucinations, confusion, memory loss and personality changes occur. This may cause depression, isolation and decreased ability within individuals which is caused by the genetics of the disease rather than the environment.
Furthermore, there are other disorders for which there can be a genetic predisposition; meaning, whilst a person’s genes don’t cause a person to have the disorder, it causes them to be more likely to develop it – such as in some cases of depression.
Twin studies are often used to determine how greatly genetics can contribute to a person’s character. This is because identical twins share exactly the same DNA, so the use of twins can investigate what may have been caused by genes as logically, if something is caused by genes then both the twins will exhibit