What Are The Seven Key Theories Of Psychology
The textbook shows seven main theories of psychology. They are all theories that phycologist were trying to improve and change to make the most accurate theory. The seven theories are biological, evolutionary, psychodynamic, behavioral, humanistic, cognitive, and socio-cultural theory.
Behavioral theory is when someone observes a person's response to different situations. Because people are unable to observe senses or thought processes. An example would be a therapist observing their patent to make sure that they are no harm to themselves. Humanistic is how a person's potential growth and need for acceptance and love can be limited by their environmental influences. If a person has been in an environment where they have been neglected they …show more content…
If a child inherits their parents genes for an anger disorder the child could likely have it to. Especially if the child is in the environment where the outburst are frequent. Socio-cultural theory is the last of the seven, it is how people in different cultures respond in different situations. The book talked about kissing. Cultures that read left to right typically kiss with their head tilted to the right, but when cultures read right to left they typically turn their heads to the right when they kiss. For me the most difficult one to understand was psychodynamic I understand the gist of it but I don't think I feel like i understand it in depth as much as the other ones. I comprehended that behavior, emotions, and feelings and all stem from environment but I don't understand much more than that. I would say behavioral, I believe that through observation and reading body language someone is an open book. I think it's common to observe someone and be able to tell their mood just by the way of their facial expressions and their posture. Although genetics and genes can play into psychological problems like if their is a long line of depression in a person family, I personally believe that behavioral is the more
Behavioral theory is when someone observes a person's response to different situations. Because people are unable to observe senses or thought processes. An example would be a therapist observing their patent to make sure that they are no harm to themselves. Humanistic is how a person's potential growth and need for acceptance and love can be limited by their environmental influences. If a person has been in an environment where they have been neglected they …show more content…
If a child inherits their parents genes for an anger disorder the child could likely have it to. Especially if the child is in the environment where the outburst are frequent. Socio-cultural theory is the last of the seven, it is how people in different cultures respond in different situations. The book talked about kissing. Cultures that read left to right typically kiss with their head tilted to the right, but when cultures read right to left they typically turn their heads to the right when they kiss. For me the most difficult one to understand was psychodynamic I understand the gist of it but I don't think I feel like i understand it in depth as much as the other ones. I comprehended that behavior, emotions, and feelings and all stem from environment but I don't understand much more than that. I would say behavioral, I believe that through observation and reading body language someone is an open book. I think it's common to observe someone and be able to tell their mood just by the way of their facial expressions and their posture. Although genetics and genes can play into psychological problems like if their is a long line of depression in a person family, I personally believe that behavioral is the more