Compare And Contrast Humanistic And Cognitive Perspective

In Psychology, there are six perspectives it is divided into. The main three examples are Behavioral perspective, Cognitive perspective, and Humanistic psychology. Behavioral perspective is the viewpoint that finds the source of our actions in environmental stimuli rather than in the inner mental process. We then have Cognitive perspective; this puts an emphasis on the mental processes. The last one we will look at is Humanistic psychology. It is a clinical approach emphasizing human ability, growth, potential, and free will. In this case, Jake’s anxiety can be processed and observed through each of three perspectives.
First we have Behavioral perspective, a psychological viewpoint that finds the source of our actions in environmental stimuli …show more content…
To help him get over his anxiety, Behavioral psychologists would change his behaviors. They believe that it is the environment that is affecting him, not the mind. In order to help Jake overcome his anxiety, the psychologist would reinforce new behaviors until Jake’s anxiety was gone.
One the other hand, the Cognitive perspective, has an emphasis on mental processes, such as learning, memory, perception, and thinking, as forms of information processing. Wilhelm Wundt and William James are some of the people to use the Cognitive perspective. Unlike, Behavioral perspective, Cognitive perspective focuses on a person’s unique pattern or perceptions, interpretations, expectations, beliefs, and memories.
A psychologist using the cognitive perspective would look mostly at the brain to determine why Jake is having anxiety. They would examine how Jake’s negative thoughts are contributing to his anxiety. Cognitive psychologists would also look at Jake’s thought process and how they could change it. Encouraging Jake to take more control over his thoughts and anxiety is another thing the Cognitive psychologist would do to help