for some individuals, such as Jake. The three psychological perspectives that will pinpoint Jake’s anxious condition are the behavioral, humanistic, and cognitive approaches. The behavioral approach focuses on how behavioral responses are learned through classical
Truthfully the field of psychology is so much more, psychologist use multiple different perspectives to get to the root of any problem. Such perspectives include psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, sociocultural, biopsychological, and evolutionary. All of these perspectives are still in use and can be applied to real world scenarios, like that of Jake and his anxiety. The
different perspectives of psychology and why the cognitive approach is the best method. The different perspectives are behaviorist, psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive, and biological. The behaviorist perspective is concerned with how environmental factors, called stimuli affect observable behavior, called the response (McLeod, 2007). The psychodynamic perspective explains that human behavior is determined by the unconscious mind and childhood experiences (McLeod, 2007). The humanistic perspective believes
Behavioral, Humanistic, and Cognitive are a few of the many perspective approaches in psychology. These perspectives produce different strategies to help Jake with his diagnosis of anxiety. One focuses on the surrounding environment, the other on self-actualization, and lastly the way an individual thinks. Behavioral perspective is based on learning through rewards, punishments, and observations. This was based on earlier work of Watson and eventually late B.F Skinner (Ciccarelli & White, 2015)
Cognitive-behavioral perspective can be used alone or with medication to treat depression. At the origin of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, it is assumed that an individual’s mood is directly related to their patterns of thought. Negative, irrational thinking and thought process affect an individual’s mood, sense of self, behavior, and an individual’s physical state. The main goal of cognitive behavioral therapy is to help an individual recognize negative
As described, there are 10 different perspectives of early psychology. These perspectives are: Structuralism, functionalism, Gestalt psychology, Behavioral, psychodynamic, humanistic, physiological, evolutionary, cognitive, and cultural and diversity. I will only be looking at three of these perspectives still in common use today here is a summary of each. The behavioral perspective "focuses on the observable behaviors; thus it does not speculate about mental
Psychodynamic Perspective Freud’s psychodynamic perspective is based around the idea that behavior is determined by the unconscious mind and childhood experiences (McLeod, 2007). Abnormality, according to the psychodynamic perspective, is due to unresolved conflict between the Id, Ego and Superego. Freud believed that if a child’s environment was particularly harsh, he/she
There are many approaches to clinical psychology; the four major approaches are in psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, and family systems. Using the four major approaches contributes to the effectiveness in treatment by identifying the goals of each approach. The paper will break down the approaches, goals, techniques, and the overall approaches used. Philosophical Origins of Clinical Psychology ApproachesAs Thomas Plante (2005) cleverly suggested, clinical psychology is both a science
which are humanistic, cognitive, and behavioral. I will also be discussing the areas of agreement and disagreement between these groups. Humanistic therapy, championed by Carl Rogers, Viktor Frankl, Fritz Perls and many others, focus on conscious material and believe the present and future are worth more attention than the past. The founders emphasized people’s inherent capacity for making rational choices, achieving self-acceptance, and attaining their maximum potential. Humanistic therapy
Orientation” and developing my “Personal Theoretical Orientation” have help me understand that my values and beliefs best align with the Humanistic Psychology, Cognitive Behavioral Theory and Reality Theory. Key Concepts of My Approach As I progressed through this