On the other hand, psychologists who look at certain situations in a more so learning perspective will see most behaviors as something that has been taught, or learned per say. Some may even compare it with being the same as Nature vs Nurture, being as though Nurture is something that you learn, and Nature is …show more content…
If one were to major in cognitive psychology that person would study attention span, memory, and reasoning, along with other actions of the brain that are considered a complex mental process. The Cognitive approach is more so modern to human behavior and it mainly focuses on how you think, and respond to certain situations, and the research behind it that gives people the belief that the way you think causes a major influence with the way you behave. Or in other terms, behavior results from mental processes. A cognitive explanation for violent behavior would be that some people perceive certain situations in ways that are conducive to