M1L2 Psychological Approaches

the perspective that stresses the influences of unconscious forces on human behavior

• psychoanalytic perspective
• Biopsychology Perspective
• social-cultural perspective
• Behavioral Perspective

An approach to the study of psychology that focuses on the role of learning in explaining observable behavior.

• Behavioral Perspective
• evolutionary psychology
• Biopsychosocial perspective
• Humanist Perspective

stresses individual choice and free will. Believed we choose most of our behaviors and these choices are guided by physiological, emotional, or spiritual needs.

• Humanist Perspective
• social-cultural perspective
• Psychometrics
• cognitive perspective

how we encode, process, store, and retrieve information

• cognitive perspective
• Biopsychosocial perspective
• health psychology
• Biopsychology Perspective

perspective explaining human thought and behavior strictly in terms of biological processes; also known as the neuroscience perspective

• Biopsychology Perspective
• Psychometrics
• clinical psychologist
• evolutionary psychology

the study of the evolution of behavior and the mind, using principles of natural selection

• evolutionary psychology
• health psychology
• counseling psychologist
• social-cultural perspective

how behavior and thinking vary across situations and cultures

• social-cultural perspective
• clinical psychologist
• psychiatrist
• Biopsychosocial perspective

an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis

• Biopsychosocial perspective
• counseling psychologist
• industrial-organizational (I/O) psychology
• Psychometrics

study of the measurement of human abilities, attitudes, and traits

• Psychometrics
• psychiatrist
• human factor psychology
• health psychology

explores the relationship between psychological factors and physical ailments or disease

• health psychology
• industrial-organizational (I/O) psychology
• forensic psychology
• clinical psychologist