evolutionary approach
cognitive approach
functionalism
biological approach
behavioral approach
humanistic approach
sociocultural approach
psychodynamic approach
biopsychosocial approach
structuralism
biological, psychological, and social factors are all significant
knowing how we direct attention, perceive, remember, think, and solve problems
adaptation, reproduction, natural selection; evolutionary ideas for explaining behaviors
unconscious thought conflict between biological drives and society's demands and early childhood family experiences
the scientific study of observable behavioral responses and their environmental determinants
examines the ways in which social and cultural environment influences behavior
mental processes, emphasizing functions and purposes of the mind and behavior in the individual's adaptation to the environment; William James
a person's positive qualities, capacity for growth, and freedom to choose destiny
focusing on body, especially brain and nervous system
discovering the basic elements, or structures, of mental processes; Wilhelm Wundt