Psychology Perspectives and Concepts Flashcards

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Biological Perspective

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School of thought that focuses on the physical structures and substances underlying a particular behavior, thought, or emotion.

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Humanistic Perspective

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School of thought that focuses on the study of conscious experience, the individual's freedom to choose, and capacity for personal growth.

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Behavioral Perspective

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School of thought that focuses on the role of learning in explaining observable behavior.

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Cognitive Perspective

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School of thought that focuses on how people think - how we take in, process, store and retrieve information.

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Psychodynamic Perspective

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Based on Freud's theories, focuses on unconscious thoughts and desires, and repressed early childhood memories and defense mechanisms.

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Socio-cultural Perspective

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School of thought that focuses on how thinking or behavior changes in different contexts or situations or as a result of cultural influences.

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Psychoanalysis

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Technique developed by Freud, which assumes that psychological problems are the result of anxiety resulting from unresolved conflicts and forces of which a person might be unaware.

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Developmental Psychology

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A branch of psychology that studies physical, cognitive, and social change throughout the life span.

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Behaviorism

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The science of behavior that focuses on observable behavior only.

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Structuralism

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An early school of psychology that used introspection to explore the elemental structure of the human mind (Edward Titchener).