Wednesday 7 September 2011

A brief introduction to the four key psychological approaches 1/2

Psychodynamic

Sigmund Freud claims that behaviour is determined by the activities that go on in the unconscious mind.  These activities are influenced by our childhood experiences.

Watch these clips to help develop your understanding of the activities that go on in our unconscious minds and their impact on behaviour!




Psychosexual Development - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvOoYX45G_0

Behavioural
According to traditional Behaviourists, all Behaviour is learned by either Classical Conditioning (association) or Operant Conditioning (reinforcement).  Neo-Behaviourists (Social Learning Theorists) added a further theory.  This is that we also learn our behaviour by observing the behaviour of others.

Watch the clips below to help develop your understanding of these key terms:




Learning through observation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQwJXvlTWDw

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