Psychology is a very interesting topic‚ one that extends into many different fields. The Disciplines range from Abnormal Psychology‚ Biological Psychology‚ and Cognitive Psychology. These are just a small fraction of the different disciplines that psychology is involved in. Psychology plays a critical role in a person’s everyday life; a person’s behavior will always affect that. Abnormal Psychology is a broad term; an easier way to describe this discipline would be the study of behaviors that are
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Cognitive approach The cognitive approach focuses on the way information is processed by humans. It looks at how we as individuals treat information and how it leads to responses. Cognitive psychologists study internal processes such as attention‚ language‚ memory‚ thinking and perception. The main assumption of this approach is that in when information is received it is then processed by the brain and this processing directs how we as individuals behave or justify why we behave the way we
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Reaction Paper on The IT Crowd ’s episode "Are we Not Men" Thoughts on the Humanistic and Cognitive view of Personality of Roy and Moss There will come a time in our lives wherein we will evaluate ourselves and will try to reach our maximum potential. Carl Rogers believed that humans have one basic motive‚ that is the tendency to self-actualize - i.e. to fulfill one ’s potential and achieve the highest level of ’human-beingness ’ we can (McLeod). In the IT Crowd’s episode‚ “Are we not Men?”
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Comparing and analyzing the biological and humanistic approaches to personality can be a difference of opinions. Abraham Maslow studied the development of personality. Maslow developed his own personality theory based on the basic human needs. His hierarchy of needs pyramid shows the influences of human needs to the formation of unique individual personality. There are biological factors that influence the formation of individual personality that play a factor. By reviewing the relationships
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The Psychodynamic Approach was developed by Sigmund Freud in the 1900. Freud main assumption is our behaviour is influenced by our unconscious mind and we are unaware of this‚ therefore Freud argued that we should focus on the unconscious mind rather than the conscious. Freud suggested that personality was split into three parts; the id‚ ego and superego. Freud suggested to have a healthy personality there had to be a balance between this three parts. Freud also suggested that childhood experiences
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viewpoint that I thought I agreed most with I found it to be a difficult task. I would have to say that psychodynamic and sociocultural viewpoints are the ones that I just could not choose one over the other. The reason I had such a difficult time choosing‚ I believe is because substance abuse there are so many different factors that make the subject at hand so extensive. I agree with the psychodynamic viewpoint because in my opinion and from my personal experience those individuals that have been
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Behavioral and Social/Cognitive Approaches to Forming Habits Norman L Fountain PSY 250 May 4‚ 2011 Nichelle Ancrum Behavioral and Social/Cognitive Approaches to Forming Habits Habit as defined in Webster’s as a: a behavior pattern acquired by frequent repetition or physiologic exposure that shows itself in regularity or increased facility of performance b : an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary (Merriam-Webster Dictionary Online‚ 2011). Behavior
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Behaviourist approach believes that all the behaviours either normal or abnormal are learnt. Behavioural approach suggests that people learn through observation and conditioning. According to Emma’s case the behavioural explanations about her early symptoms of schizophrenia are due to a faulty learning that she perceived from their relatives. Emma’s grandfather and an aunt are diagnosed with schizophrenia. Emma probably lived or shared time with them while she was living with her father. According
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The biological explanation of gender development enforces the idea that the role of genes and hormones are the main contributors towards the development of a child’s gender. Both of the parents pass down 50% of their genetic makeup to their off-spring‚ where the mother provides the X chromosome and the father providing X or Y chromosome. Therefore‚ it is the father who determines the sex of the off-spring. If the father passes on the X chromosome then the child will be female and if he passes on
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Humanistic Therapy Gregg D Black Psychology as a science is not thought of as being integrated. The schools of thought are wide and varied each with their own perceptions. The Humanistic approach to therapy is one that I believe has merit when applied to specific disorders. Humanistic therapy directs the patient to center their attention on their; motivations‚ values‚ emotions and meanings behind their thoughts and actions. The belief is this will bring about a desired change both consciously and
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