AP Psych Review - Perspective

Used by Wundt, looks to examine basic mental processes

• Social Cultural Perspective

• Introspection

• Behaviorism

• Cognitive

Looks at how our thoughts and behaviors vary form people living in other cultures

• Evolutionary Perspective

• Cognitive Perspective

• Social-Cultural Perspective

• Behavioral Perspective

Examine human thought/behavior in terms of how we interpret, process, and remember events

• Cognitive Perspective

• Biopsychology Perspective

• Behavioral Perspective

• Evolutionary Perspective

Explains human thought/behavior strictly in terms of biological processes

• Behavorial Perspective

• Psychoanalytic Perspective

• Evolutionary Perspective

• Biopsychology Perspective

Explains human thought/behavior in terms of conditioning (learning)

• Behavioral Perspective

• Humanistic Perspective

• Evolutionary Perspective

• Psychoanalytic Perspective

Examines human thoughts/actions in terms of natural selection

• Functionalism

• Humanistic Perspective

• Psychoanalytic Perspective

• Evolutionary Perspective

belief in the unconscious mind; described by Sigmund Freud

• Psychoanalytic Perspective

• Functionalism

• Humanist Perspective

• Behavioral Perspective

Stressed individual choice and free will. Theorist include Maslow and Rogers

• Humanistic Perspective

• Functionalism

• Behavioral Perspective

• Evolutionary Perspective

Described by William James, examines how the mental processes function in our lives

• Behavioral Perspective

• Functionalism

• Humanistic Perspective

• Evolutionary Perspective