Psychological Approaches

This approach emphasizes mental processes and gained analogies for how mental processes work from the invention of the computer and information theory.

• Psychodynamic

• Behaviorist

• Cognitive

• Humanist

• Sociocultural

This approach assumes our behavior and personality is largely influenced by content in what they refer to as the unconscious

• Psychodynamic

• Behaviorist

• Cognitive

• Sociocultural

• Biological

This approach seeks to explain behavior based on the functioning of the nervous and endocrine systems and the influences of genes.

• Psychodynamic

• Behaviorist

• Cognitive

• Humanist

• Biological

This approach is interested in how group memberships will affect one's sense of self.

• Psychodynamic

• Behaviorist

• Cognitive

• Sociocultural

• Biological

This approach focuses on the shaping of the individual through pleasant or unpleasant consequences or stimuli.

• Psychodynamic

• Behaviorist

• Cognitive

• Humanist

• Sociocultural

This approach makes much of seeking meaning for one's life and reaching our fullest potential

• Psychodynamic

• Behaviorist

• Cognitive

• Humanist

• Biological