In the world of psychology, there are several different perspectives that you can study. Every one of these perspectives adds new and exciting additions to the understanding of the human psyche. With this in mind, we can pose the same topic to each major perspective and predict what might be investigated by that discipline. For instance, the topic of emotions and love.
Scientists investigating emotions, specifically love, through the perspective of neuroscience would study the brain and its reactions. Test subjects would be used to see exactly what happens when humans experience love. By evaluating different sections of the brain when experiencing and not experiencing love, these neuroscientists could recognize what brain functions cause us to love.
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Do certain individuals view love one way because of what their environment imposed upon them, or because it already programmed into their genes at birth. In order to test this theory, behavioral geneticists would have to acquire data from different groups of people from contrasting areas, but similar genetic structure, then compare how they view love. The unique perspective of psychodynamics is unlike any of the ones previously mentioned. Psychologists specializing in the field of psychodynamics might investigate the attraction element of love. More specifically, why we are attracted to a certain type of person. Supposing that a person had a major figure in their childhood who displayed traits that were dominant and controlling, could we see those same traits in past partners?
As behavior psychologists study how the environment influences behavior, their investigation on the topic of love might research how humans behave after negative and positive reinforcement when experiencing love at a young age. Moreover, how this early instilled opinion shapes behavior towards others later in
Scientists investigating emotions, specifically love, through the perspective of neuroscience would study the brain and its reactions. Test subjects would be used to see exactly what happens when humans experience love. By evaluating different sections of the brain when experiencing and not experiencing love, these neuroscientists could recognize what brain functions cause us to love.
Unlike the …show more content…
Do certain individuals view love one way because of what their environment imposed upon them, or because it already programmed into their genes at birth. In order to test this theory, behavioral geneticists would have to acquire data from different groups of people from contrasting areas, but similar genetic structure, then compare how they view love. The unique perspective of psychodynamics is unlike any of the ones previously mentioned. Psychologists specializing in the field of psychodynamics might investigate the attraction element of love. More specifically, why we are attracted to a certain type of person. Supposing that a person had a major figure in their childhood who displayed traits that were dominant and controlling, could we see those same traits in past partners?
As behavior psychologists study how the environment influences behavior, their investigation on the topic of love might research how humans behave after negative and positive reinforcement when experiencing love at a young age. Moreover, how this early instilled opinion shapes behavior towards others later in