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2 Modern Psychology Perspectives
The Big Learning Target: Compare and contrast the seven major psychological perspectives.

3 Why do we do the things we do?
Why do we think the way we do?

4 Levels of Analysis – Biopsychosocial Model

5 Evolutionary Charles Darwin – Inherited behaviors, ensure survival
David Buss & Francis Galton – Genes control behavior

6 Biological (Neuroscience)
William James How our body and brain create memories, emotions, & sensory experiences How genes interact w/environment Parts of the brain, nervous system

7 Psychodynamic Founded by Sigmund Freud
Unconscious desires and urges drive our behavior Conflicts from childhood

8 Behavioral (Learning)
John Watson, B.F. Skinner Focuses on OBSERVABLE behaviors How we learn behaviors Associations Rewards & punishments Observation How to change or modify behaviors

9 Cognitive Wilhelm Wundt, Jean Piaget, Herman Ebbinghaus
Focuses on mental processes How we encode, process, store, & retrieve info Perception of the world around us

10 Humanistic Focuses on positive growth (get in touch with our emotions)
People are good by nature and have free will Motivated to reach self-actualization Control over choices Abraham Maslow Carl Rogers

11 Socio-Cultural How our behavior & thoughts are influenced by society & culture Even in the same high school, behaviors can change in accordance to the various subcultures.

12 Individualist v. Collectivist
Variable Individualist Collectivist Personal Identity Separate from others Connected to others Major Goals Self-defined; be unique; realize your personal potential; compete with others Defined by others; belong; occupy your proper place; meet your obligations to others; be like others Criteria for self-esteem Ability to express unique aspects of the self; ability to be self-assured Ability to restrain the self and be part of a social unit; ability to be modest Sources of success and failure Success comes from personal effort; failure, from external factors Success is due to help from others; failure is due to personal faults Major frame of reference Personal attitudes, traits, and goals Family, work group

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14 Apply the Perspectives
How would each approach interpret alcoholism? How would each approach interpret depression? How would each approach interpret eating disorders?

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