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

• Psychoanalytic

• 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 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

The mind can be viewed as an information processing system.

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Psychoanalytic

Behavior is motivated by forces that individuals may not be aware of or understand.

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Psychoanalytic

Pain tolerance is largely a result of the effects of endorphins and other neurochemicals.

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

• Biological

• Evolutionary

• Socio-Cultural

Behavior is motivated by self-actualization and the promise of human potential.

• Humanism

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Psychoanalytic

Future behavior is influenced by memory and analysis of past experience.

• Humanstic

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Psychoanalytic