AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Psychodynamic Perspective This view of psychology and human behavior emphasizes the role of the unconscious mind, early childhood experiences, and interpersonal relationships to explain human behavior, as well as to treat mental illnesses.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Behavioral Perspective: A Focus on Observable Behavior The behavioral perspective is the psychological approach that suggests that the keys to understanding development are observable behavior and external stimuli in the environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -Psychodynamic Perspective The psychodynamic (or psychoanalytic) perspective relies heavily on how the past has affected an individual’s psychological states. Psychologists who use this perspective believe that our unconscious mind (similar to Freud) is what controls the majority of our cognition and behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -Behavioral theory was established when behavioral psychologist John B. Watson published his paper “Psychology as the Behaviorists View It” in 1913. In this paper, Watson suggested that people begin life as blank slates and can be conditioned or taught into behaving in any way.