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Origins of Psychology and Research Methods Worksheet

Part I: Origins of Psychology

Within psychology, there are several perspectives used to describe, predict, and explain human behavior. The seven major perspectives in modern psychology are psychoanalytic, behaviorist, humanist, cognitive, neuroscientific/biopsychological, evolutionary, and sociocultural. Describe the perspectives, using two to three sentences each. Select one major figure associated with one of the perspectives and describe his or her work in two to three sentences. Type your response in the space below.

Psychoanalytic is one drives, motives and childhood experiences the views are what drives a particular response to a situations. Behaviorist are environmental influences and negative and positives consequences for one actions. Humanist views are ones freewill and how human nature in used in a situation. Cognitive views are how one thinks, perceives, problem solves and process information. neuroscientific/biopsychological perspectives are where the genetic and biological process of the brain and other parts of the body effect a person’s behavior and traits. Evolutionary views are how one adapts, and the evolution of their behavior. Sociocultural views are how ones social interaction and culture effects one behavior. B.F Skinner and his study an on behavior is interesting especially when he did the Skinner box with the rat to see the behavior or positive and negative rewards. It shows how one can learn and chance a behavior if positively or negatively affected.

Part II: Research Methods

Describe research methods used in psychology by completing the following table. Then, select two of the research methods, and compare and contrast them. Your response must be at least 75 words.

MethodPurposeStrengthsWeaknessesExampleExperimentalIdentify cause and effect

( explination)Allows researchers to have precise control over...