The biological perspective is a way of looking at psychological topics by studying the physical basis for animal and human behavior. The biological perspective of psychology states that human behaviors, feelings and thoughts are made up of physiological factors. For example, a biological psychologist may explain that violent behavior could be the result of someone being terminally ill or having a serious condition such as a brain injury, or brain tumor. The biological perspective is just a simple way of understanding certain problems and actions. Take aggression, for example. Someone using the psychoanalytic perspective may view it as someone with childhood psychological problems things that they haven’t came to terms with yet and is still trying to figure out how to deal with their issues. But the only way they may know how is by being overly aggressive. This perspective emphasizes the notion that the mind and body interact with one another.
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
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