Different Perspectives I Which Are Most Accurate?

7 Contemporary Perspective in Psychology

Behavioral perspective- the environment shapes and control the behavior

Psychoanalytic perspective- emotions, unconscious motivations, and early childhood experience control the behavior and thought.

Humanistic perspective- subjective experiences are a key point in understanding behavior.

Cognitive perspective- perception, thinking, and memory (mental processes) control behavior.

Evolutionary perspective- inheritance have proven adaptive in humans.

Biological perspective- biological structures, processes, and heredity help explain behavior.

Sociocultural perspective- social and cultural variables influence behavior.

Comparison of Perspectives All of the perspectives deal with behavior, and the controlling of behavior. They all deal with different perspectives that affect/influence behavior. All the perspectives are used by psychologists

I believe the behavioral and cognitive perspectives are the most accurate. The behavioral perspective explains how the environment tends to shape and control behavior. For example, if a student receives $100 for making all A’s on his report card, he will most likely make good grades next semester to receive another $100 dollars. He has been positively reinforced. Negative reinforcement is also used in the behavioral perspective. For example, a young woman is speeding down the highway and is pulled over by the police. She receives a ticket for going 10 miles over the speed limit. The ticket is used as the negative reinforcer. Next time she will stay under the speed limit to avoid receiving another ticket. Aspects of the behavioral perspective are displayed daily. The cognitive perspective focuses on the mental processes. For example, if a student believes they cannot make good grades, they tend to not study as much and have little motivation. Another example would be that a student may not use the same study skills that are taught in a freshman seminar