Transcript Approaches of Psychology

Psychology
The scientific study of human and
animal behavior.
Psychologist vs. Psychiatrist
• Counseling
Psychologist :
•
Deal mostly with people
who do not have formal
classifications of mental
disturbance.
• Ed.D. Or Ph.D.
• Psychiatrist:
• Medical Doctors spend 4
years as graduate
students learning about
physical medical
problems + 1 to 3 years
hospital residency.
• Prescribe Medicine
Present Day
• How would you deal with the issue of
Depression?
• 6 Schools of psychology that are used to
describe behavior.
NEUROBIOLOGY
• NEURO = NERVE CELLS
• BIOLOGY = PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, BODY
• Focus is on the changes in the brain’s
chemistry.
• EX. Is depression a disease?
• What role does heredity play?
Behaviorist
• We are the product of learning and
associations, reinforcers and punishers.
• Pavlov, Watson, Skinner
• Is depression learned?
• If so can it be unlearned?
Humanism
• Behavior viewed as a reflection of internal
growth. Humans are basically good and
we can all reach perfection.
• Maslow, Rogers
• Ex. Seed to tree
• Are people depressed because they don’t
feel a sense of worth?
Psychoanalysis
• Behavior viewed as a reflection of
unconscious aggressive and sexual
impulses.
• Freud
• Is depression an indication of some
deeper problem or conflict raging in the
unconscious?
Cognitive
• Behavior viewed as a product of various
internal sentences or thoughts.
• (S.N.L. Stewart Smally)
• What thoughts lead up to episodes of
depression?
Sociocultural
• Behavior viewed as strongly influenced by
the rules and expectations of specific
social groups or cultures.
• Ex. City vs. Country
• How does depression differ from one
culture to another?