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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 – Construction which alerts the relative of conscious and unaware psychological processes. Freud Sigmund was the founder of the psychoanalytic school.
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Behavioral perspective- : A Psychologist who analyses obvious or scientific behavior. John Watson was the founder of the behaviorist school.

Humanistic perspective- expressed discretion and a position of self-realization because every people try to build up self actualisation.

Cognitive perspective- is how we accumulate and store data through views and perceptions.

Neuroscientific/biopsychological perspective- examines behavior through genetic processes of the brain and other parts of the nervous system.

Evolutionary perspective- Tensions natural selection, adjustment, and development of behavior and psychological processes.

Sociocultural perspective- social interactions and social determinants of behavior and mental processes.

Behaviorist perspective–William James broadened studied Psychology to animal behaviors, biological processes, and behavior. He wrote Principles of Psychology in 1890 and it became the leading text book for students studying psychology.

Part II: Research Methods

Describe research methods used in