Anxiety disorders affect millions of people yearly. There are several different approaches to diagnosing and treating anxiety. The three perspectives of psychology that will identify Jake’s situation with anxiety are the behavioral, humanistic, and the cognitive perspective. Jake’s anxiety disorder would be viewed differently by each of the different perspectives. The cognitive approach to psychology describes an individuals consistent behavior patterns in a way that a person processes information. Cognition is how someone would perceive, organize and store information. The humanistic approach to psychology emphasizes human uniqueness, subjectivity and the capacity for mental growth. The Behavioral Approach is the idea that human behavior is
