Psychology, loosely defined, is the scientific and in depth study of the mind and behavior, predominantly in humans. Because Psychology is a fairly new science, there’s many theories, perspectives, and viewpoints that go into the study of the human brain and human behavior. This essay will discuss in detail three particular perspectives within the psychological world that stand out the most: The Psychodynamic, Humanistic, and Behaviorism perspective. Throughout this essay, these three perspectives will be examined, revealing their strengths, weaknesses, contrasting differences, and origins. Although these approaches towards understanding the human brain and behavior in depth contradict in many ways, they have contributed heavily to the study
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For example, while nail biting might be viewed as unsanitary, it is usually not viewed as severely impactful on the person’s life, and it is viewed more as a pesky habit rather than a behavior that stems from varying levels of trauma. On the contrary, nail biting often times stems from a child having early memories and experiences that caused them to feel or see a level of tenseness or anxiety that exceeded their emotional limits. Sigmund Freuds theory of dynamic psychology became more deeply rooted whenever he began to apply his theory to the disorder of one of his close friend’s patients, Anna O. Anno O was the patient of Dr. Joseph Breur. In 1895, Breur and Freud wrote a book based off of the studies of Anna, titled Studies On Hysteria. In this book, Freud closely examined and withdrew conclusions and theories for the causes of Anna’s disorder, and with this book he began to introduce himself to his future theory of Dynamic Psychology. In this book, Breur and Freud rationalized hysteria with the idea that the disorder stemmed from a traumatic experience, usually in early childhood, that was above Anna’s emotional comprehension and boundaries. Because of these early childhood experiences, unconscious thoughts and feelings were embedded into Anna’s subconscious, and thus caused …show more content…
As stated by Alana Barnett in Behaviorism: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner, Classical Conditioning is a learning process by which the subject comes to respond in a specific way to a previously neutral stimulus after the subject repeatedly encounters the neutral stimulus together with another stimulus that already elicits the response. In the situation of Pavlov's dogs, the neutral stimulus was the bell and the food was the natural stimulus. Pavlov classically conditioned the two dogs to salivate at the sound of the bell, even though the bell was not food. From this, Pavlov continued his studies on behaviorism and has influenced the science of psychology to think more methodically and
For example, while nail biting might be viewed as unsanitary, it is usually not viewed as severely impactful on the person’s life, and it is viewed more as a pesky habit rather than a behavior that stems from varying levels of trauma. On the contrary, nail biting often times stems from a child having early memories and experiences that caused them to feel or see a level of tenseness or anxiety that exceeded their emotional limits. Sigmund Freuds theory of dynamic psychology became more deeply rooted whenever he began to apply his theory to the disorder of one of his close friend’s patients, Anna O. Anno O was the patient of Dr. Joseph Breur. In 1895, Breur and Freud wrote a book based off of the studies of Anna, titled Studies On Hysteria. In this book, Freud closely examined and withdrew conclusions and theories for the causes of Anna’s disorder, and with this book he began to introduce himself to his future theory of Dynamic Psychology. In this book, Breur and Freud rationalized hysteria with the idea that the disorder stemmed from a traumatic experience, usually in early childhood, that was above Anna’s emotional comprehension and boundaries. Because of these early childhood experiences, unconscious thoughts and feelings were embedded into Anna’s subconscious, and thus caused …show more content…
As stated by Alana Barnett in Behaviorism: Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner, Classical Conditioning is a learning process by which the subject comes to respond in a specific way to a previously neutral stimulus after the subject repeatedly encounters the neutral stimulus together with another stimulus that already elicits the response. In the situation of Pavlov's dogs, the neutral stimulus was the bell and the food was the natural stimulus. Pavlov classically conditioned the two dogs to salivate at the sound of the bell, even though the bell was not food. From this, Pavlov continued his studies on behaviorism and has influenced the science of psychology to think more methodically and