Humanistic Psychological Perspective

A psychologist who approaches things from a behavioral aspect would think that because of Jake's new surroundings, and the ubiquity of other anxiety stricken students, he picked up upon those habits. He learned to practice behaviors associated with anxiety because of what he observed around him. This psychologist who believe that environmental mental factors contributed completely to his diagnosis of having anxiety.

One practicing a humanistic psychological perspective would place more emphasis on Jake himself. He would attribute Jake's uniqueness to be the cause of his behavior and would counsel and talk to Jake in attempts to gauge what part of his individuality led to his mental health decline.

The cognitive approach attaches our behavior with our own thought processes. It places no value on individuality, or environment, but reduces human behavior to a science. This psychologist would be more clinical in his treatment of Jake, and would treat every student the same if they showed signs of an anxiety disorder. …show more content…
In regards to the behavioral perspective a psychologist may lean towards treating and diagnosing mental health diseases. For the cognitive approach psychologist often use an apparatus for information processing to compare the human brain to a computer. This is to show how information in the brain is stored and utilized. Lastly, the humanistic approach focuses on positivity. It focuses on how humans are driven to change and