Description of Two Psychological Approaches Describe two of the following psychological approaches: the psychodynamic perspective, the cognitive perspective, the humanistic perspective, or the physiologicalperspective. Then, compare and contrast the two approaches that you have described. In what ways are they similar? In what ways do they differ? Then, choose a particular problem behavior or disorder and discuss how these perspectives would view both the cause and the treatment of the problem behavior or disorder. The humanistic perspective states that a person's behaviors can be controlled by their free will. The cognitive perspective states that a person's behaviors are caused by the way they think, by memories and the way they store them, by the person's thought process, and how one's brain processes and categorizes information. The humanistic and cognitive perspectives differ in that the humanistic perspective suggests that a person has control over things they do, a person can make their own decisions and change things in their life if they want to. The cognitive perspective says that a person's behaviors can't be controlled as easily and are determined by the way a person's mind works. Genetics would play a bigger role in cognitive perspective. Cognitive and humanistic perspectives are similar because they both involve thought processes and brain functions. When dealing with malingering, the humanistic approach to finding the cause would be to find out if the person has a history of drug abuse or if the person is trying to get on some form of disability or avoid working. To treat malingering using the humanistic approac... ... middle of paper ... ...se family members are schizophrenic is 10 times more likely to start exhibiting symptoms.[4] People with schizophrenia have chemical imbalances in their brains which can also be blamed on genetics, therefore making the cause of schizophrenia hereditary. Works Cited [1]http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/182/4/291 2 http://health.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1160121.cms 3 http://www.schizophrenia.com/family/delusions.html 4http://yourmedicalsource.com/library/schizophrenia/SCH_causes.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- [1]http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/182/4/291 [2] http://health.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1160121.cms [3] http://www.schizophrenia.com/family/delusions.html [4] http://yourmedicalsource.com/library/schizophrenia/SCH_causes.html
This data is not from the defendant in question, but rather from other parties who will help give the court an insight into him or her. They include reports from psychiatrists and other doctors, and the defending attorney.... ... middle of paper ... ...
Other background information that must be cleared up concerns history of traumas, domestic violence, housing status, primary usage of drugs, mental health problem in family, cases of hospitalization, treatment, previous usage of medication. All these items can influence current client's condition. Despite, as Meredith’s sister Sarah also has some personal problems, it is necessary to find out the origin of it; Sarah might have personal disorder that is inherited, so Meredith is under the risk to have it.
Providing an all inclusive, concrete definition of what a mental disorder is a complicated task. Many factors are responsible for the development and presence of a disorder; therefore, pinpointing and providing a universal definition can be quite difficult. In order to provide a basic set of universal parameters in what constitutes and defines a mental disorder, The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) was developed in order to help clinicians and providers navigate the many disorders. While the DSM provides a definition of mental disorder, different perspectives of psychology offer various views of mental disorder.
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Buddha, Confucius, and other lesser known Hebrew scholars philosophized on the mind in an expansive sense.
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In this assignment I am going to introduce and unpack cognitive behavioural theory and psychodynamic theory. This will include the history of each theory and the theorists that discovered and developed both. I am going to link each theory to where they fit in Payne’s Triangle of Social Work as well as compare and contrast each theory. Both Cognitive behavioural theory and psychodynamic theory both support the purposes of social work in which I will cover beneath. This assignment will also include criticisms of both theories as well.
My paper is based on an article from the text’s web site (chapter 9) entitled “Lack of sleep ages body’s systems.” The basic claim of the article is that sleep deprivation has various harmful effects on the body. The reported effects include decreased ability to metabolize glucose (similar to what occurs in diabetes) and increased levels of cortisol (a stress hormone involved in memory and regulation of blood sugar levels). The article also briefly alludes (in the quote at the bottom of page 1) to unspecified changes in brain and immune functioning with sleep deprivation.
The field of psychology has opened different hypothesis from a variety of theories with the aim of studying the behaviour of humans being as a result they concluded with five psychological perspectives. Behaviourist, Biological, Psychodynamic, Cognitive and Humanistic perspectives are the deduction after a depth study of mental activity associate to human behaviour. In this essay I will be comparing two psychological perspectives according to aggressive behaviour.
The following essay is an attempt to critically compare and contrast these two approaches from various aspects, and deduce which one is more encompassing.
The psychodynamic theory encompasses both Freud and Erikson. Freud believed the three components of personality were the id, the ego, and the superego. The id is responsible for all needs and urges, while the superego for ideals and moral. The ego moderates between the demands of the id, the superego, and reality. However, Erikson believed that personality progressed through a series of stages, with certain conflicts arising at each stage. Success in any stage depended upon successfully overcoming these conflicts. The advantage to psychodynamic is that it encompasses the individual, meaning that the theory looks at personality from childhood all the way into adulthood. The disadvantages of this theory are that it cannot be tested validly. Therefore,
A person’s individualized and distinctive patterns of thinking, judgment, thoughts, emotions, and habits make up his personality. Personality is under evaluation in Psychology. These traits make each individual different and significant and lead to the theories of personality which are the psychological theories of personality.
The aim of this essay is to analyse four theoretical approaches to psychology, including psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive and behavioural. Analysing each approach in detail and identifying key features the approach uses to explain human behaviour. This essay will also analyse how successful each approach is in it methods, evidence gathering techniques and analyse how it can be applied to giving reasons for particular human behaviours. As well as analysing each approaches failings in it theories, methods and evidence gathering techniques.
As we all know behaviorism is also known as behavioral psychology. This is based on the idea that behaviors are acquired using conditioning. This occurs when a person interacts with his or her environment. Behavior can be studied in a systematic manner only considering the observable and not including the internal thoughts of the person. Behaviors are influenced by external factors from the conditioning of parents to situations in the environment. Behaviorism is concerned primarily with the observable and measurable aspects of human behavior. The behavioral approach is based on the concept of explaining behavior through observation, and the belief that our environment is what causes us to behave differently or suffer illnesses. Therefore when behaviors become unacceptable, they can be unlearned. Behaviorism views development as a continuous process in which children play a relatively passive role. It is also a general approach that is used in a variety of settings including both clinical and educational.
“Behavior theory consists of ideas about how human actions and emotions develop, are sustained, and are extinguished through principles of learning” (Walsh, 2010). Positive and negative reinforcement is used to help manipulate the behaviors of the individual. The theory has been used to help eliminate unwanted behaviors. In addition, behavior theory has been use primarily with children, and persons with developmental disabilities. According to Walsh (2010) behavior theory evolved in the 1960s from a field of philosophy to the field of science. Ivan Pavlov discovered classical conditioning, which plays a major role in behavioral theory. Classical conditioning is the process of learning through ones surroundings, conditioned, and unconditioned stimuli and response. B. F. Skinner discovered operant conditioning the process of learning to influence the future responses to the environment (Clark, 2004). The two concepts has been used throughout the behavior theory to help assist clients with unacceptable behaviors that is occurring. The combination of the two concepts has been a very helpful aspect to the behavior theory. Both concepts offer a different approach or solution to the behavior of the client.