Chapter 1.4

Question 1

What are the 5 theoretical perspectives

Answer 1

1. Structuralism
2. Functionalism
3. Behaviourism
4. Psychoanalysis
5. Cognitivism

Question 2

What is Structuralism

Answer 2

-1880s
-Identified the basic elements and structures of psychology
-Wundts method of introspection (examining ones own thoughts and feelings)
-How questions

Question 3

What is Functionalism

Answer 3

-1890s
-Tried to understand why we feel what we do and the purpose behind it
-Natural selection
-Why questions

Question 4

What is Behaviouralism

Answer 4

-1920-1950s
-Uncovering laws of learning by looking at only observable behaviours
-Black box psychology (the mind is an unobservable black box so we should only focus on what we can see)
-Behaviour is a product of learning

Question 5

What is Pyschoanalysis

Answer 5

-1900 Sigmund freud
-European bases
-Opposite of behaviouralism with focuses on unconscious processes and internal processes

Question 6

What is Cognitivism

Answer 6

-1950-1960s
-Viewing thinking as a central process and not a behaviour
-Our thinking affects behaviour
-Not focusing on rewards or punishments but how individuals interoperate them

Question 7

What is nature

Answer 7

Genes and hereditary factors

Question 8

What is nurture

Answer 8

Enviromental variables