Perspectives in Psychology
Biological:
The biological perspective in psychology suggests that disorders, like the one that Andrea is suffering from, are caused by genetic issues and/or damage to the brain and/or hormones. Key terms that are used within this perspective are words like “mental illness,” “diagnosis,” “mental patient,” “mental hospital,” “therapy,” as well as “remission.”
Contributors:
This perspective was influenced by:
Charles Darwin: Developed a scientific theory about evolution as well as natural selection.
Andrea case:
By applying the biological perspective to Andrea’s situation, treatment would most likely involve treatment aimed at controlling the disorder, in this case anorexia as well as bulimia. Psychologists are more …show more content…
Some of the key terms that are used with this perspective are “conditioned,” “learned,” and “positive reinforcement.” By applying the behaviorism perspective to Andrea’s situation, treatment would most likely involve reconditioning to make sure that learned behavior is discarded, and a new behavior is learned in its place.
Contributors:
This perspective was influenced by:
Ivan Pavlov: A physiologist who studied salivation reflex in dogs.
John B Watson: Completed a study on an infant, in which he conditioned the infant to fear a rat by showing the rat to the infant with loud noise.
Andrea case:
By applying the learning perspective to Andrea’s situation, Andrea most likely developed anorexia and bulimia after receiving positive reinforcement from people, once they saw Andrea lose weight.
Cognitive:
The cognitive perspective in psychology suggests that disordered behavior is a result of disordered thinking patterns. Some key terms that are used within this perspective are “illogical.” “patterns,” “logical.”
Contributors:
This perspective was influenced by:
Edward Tolman, a psychologist who built a maze to learn about latent learning in
Biological:
The biological perspective in psychology suggests that disorders, like the one that Andrea is suffering from, are caused by genetic issues and/or damage to the brain and/or hormones. Key terms that are used within this perspective are words like “mental illness,” “diagnosis,” “mental patient,” “mental hospital,” “therapy,” as well as “remission.”
Contributors:
This perspective was influenced by:
Charles Darwin: Developed a scientific theory about evolution as well as natural selection.
Andrea case:
By applying the biological perspective to Andrea’s situation, treatment would most likely involve treatment aimed at controlling the disorder, in this case anorexia as well as bulimia. Psychologists are more …show more content…
Some of the key terms that are used with this perspective are “conditioned,” “learned,” and “positive reinforcement.” By applying the behaviorism perspective to Andrea’s situation, treatment would most likely involve reconditioning to make sure that learned behavior is discarded, and a new behavior is learned in its place.
Contributors:
This perspective was influenced by:
Ivan Pavlov: A physiologist who studied salivation reflex in dogs.
John B Watson: Completed a study on an infant, in which he conditioned the infant to fear a rat by showing the rat to the infant with loud noise.
Andrea case:
By applying the learning perspective to Andrea’s situation, Andrea most likely developed anorexia and bulimia after receiving positive reinforcement from people, once they saw Andrea lose weight.
Cognitive:
The cognitive perspective in psychology suggests that disordered behavior is a result of disordered thinking patterns. Some key terms that are used within this perspective are “illogical.” “patterns,” “logical.”
Contributors:
This perspective was influenced by:
Edward Tolman, a psychologist who built a maze to learn about latent learning in