Describe the major schools of thought and theoretical perspectives in psychology.
Biological psychology, Behaviorism, Psychoanalysis (Psychodynamic), Humanistic psychology ,Cognitive psychology ,Evolutionary psychology ,Sociocultural approach
You can consider expanding your concrete details to the outline listed below in a chronological order;
Structuralism and Functionalism: Early Schools of Thought
Gestalt Psychology
The Behaviorist School of Thought in Psychology
The Psychoanalytic School of Thought
The Humanistic School of Thought
The Cognitive School of Psychology
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A. primary dispositional effect B. grading attribution effect C. fundamental attribution effect D. actor-observer effect
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A. The cat's perverse pleasure in prolonging the mouse's pain B. An instinctive need for additional pursuit behaviors prior to eating C. A conflict between attack and escape behaviors D. Regression to infantile patterns of activity in the hippocampus
For Rogers, personal growth:
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