Seven Major Perspectives Of Depression

Chapter 1: Define the seven major perspectives in psychology and describe how each may explain how a person may develop depression. In psychology there is seven major perspectives or as some call them, approaches. These approaches as a whole represents and defines psychology. These approaches focus on different things, but at the end they are all connected with one another. These seven major perspectives in psychology are: biological, behavioral, psychodynamic, humanistic, cognitive, evolutionary, and sociocultural approach. Each and all of them play a role in whether if a person would develop depression or not. Biological approach focus on the body, especially the brain and nervous system. Psychologists are researchers, they focus on finding …show more content…
Evolutionary approach can give an explanation to the way we adapt and the way we do it.
Sociocultural approach is more of a external perspective, this approach examines the ways in which social and cultural environments influence behavior. In order to understand a person’s behavior one must know their cultural and social background.
Depression is a mood disorder causing a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest. Depression is very common, there is around more than 3 million US cases per year. A lot of people tend to be affected by it. These are some symptoms of depression: persistent sad, anxious, or empty mood, feelings of hopelessness, guilt and helplessness, loss of interest or pleasure in hobbies or activities difficulty in sleeping, remembering and concentrating, along with so many more (NIMH).A person may experience every single symptom to few symptoms depending on the person and their individual concerns and psychological …show more content…
For example, since biological approach focus mostly on the brain and nervous system as well as the body, this might explain the causes why a person may develop depression. A person develops depression when they feel socially alienated; they usually believe they do not fit in, which leads to depression. Feelings, thoughts, emotions, the body, anything to do with the brain and nervous system all are components of biological perspective. Our brain and nervous system can shape our perception of things. This explains why one might develop depression. Behavioral approach observes an individual and therefore can conclude externally why a person could develop depression. Psychodynamic approach is about out deeper inner thoughts, these thoughts that are not socially approve might lead someone to depression. In humanistic approach one may develop depression if a person tends to want to control every single aspect of his/her life and when they realize they cannot control external things such as, if they get into a car accident, external things overall that cannot be prevented or foresee they tend to fall into depression. Cognitive approach is how we interpret information if there’s something wrong with a person’s mind this might interpret things in a negative way which may lead to depression. Evolutionary approach is about ideas such as adaptation. How we are able to adapt plays a crucial role in whether