Psychology Perspectives Outrageous Personality
Psychology’s Perspectives
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Although all psychologists explore issues of behavior and mental processes,
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researchers in the field can approach these issues from multiple
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perspectives. The perspectives addressed in your text- neuroscience,
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evolutionary, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, and socialcultural – are complementary. Each contributes to our understanding of
how organisms think, feel, and act.
Below
some
of the issues that are of interest to psychologist working
Issue:are
Drug
Abuse
from all perspectives. For each of these examples, describe how
psychology’s
seven perspectives would approach the area of study. What
Neuroscience:
are questions that psychologists from these perspectives might ask?
Evolutionary:
Psychodynamic:
Behavioral:
Cognitive:
Social-Cultural:
Humanistic:
The Outrageous Celebrity
Choose the most outrageous celebrity you can think of, past or present. Provide a short
list of some of the outrageous behaviors this person has exhibited. Explain these behaviors
from the point of view of each major psychological perspective.
Example: Dennis Rodman
Neuroscience: Perhaps he has a high level of estrogen that makes him feel as though he should wear
women’s clothes.
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Psychology Perspectives Outrageous Personality
List of outrageous behaviors:
Explanation of Behaviors
Neuroscience:
Evolutionary:
Psychodynamic:
Behavioral:
Cognitive:
Social-Cultural:
Humanistic:
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