Sunday, January 27, 2008

Perspectives in Psychology

Which perspective do you think from? Explain.
Note: You may need to use your book or notes to answer this one.

17 comments:

Kyle Davis said...

Oh snap...... i'm first.

I'm not sure which perspective I fit into. I want to study peoples thought process, in order to accurately predict thoughts and actions. I want to know what your going to think before you think it, what your going to do before you do it, and what you want to say before you say it. To accomplish such I believe I will have have to take a bit from all perspectives. I want to be able to know what someone is thinking or feeling by subtle changes in body language or speech patterns. So, I guess I have my own perspective on Pzykology

Brantley said...

I fit into the Socio-Cultural perspective. I can be the "life of the party" when I'm comfortable and have guests who take the time to listen to what I have to say. Most of the time when I'm in public I'm quiet and don't show my personality.

I can sometimes predict a person's actions or thoughts; however, I do not believe this can become a practice.

Shirvonna said...

In my perspaective I want to study the individsual and see whether or not I can calcualte what action they are they going to take.

iyesha said...

Well i fit into the group that wants to study whats going on in someones mind when they do something. Like when a person decieds to rape someone.Whats going through their minds when they decied to do something like that.Or mybe when someone decieds to shoot up a school i would like to learn how people bring themselves to do this.

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Anonymous said...

Wow.. um, im not all that sure which one I am! Im kinda leaning towards the social-cultural perspective but in each one of them is a little part of me. I want to know what people are thinking. So im not all that sure. Maybe alittle more socail-cultural and partly cognitive.

Anonymous said...

Kyle.. yeah I have no idea who you are but.. I had the same problem.. i couldnt decide whoch one was me.

Lydia said...

I'm not completely sure which perspective I think from, if I think from any of them at all. I'm not sure if I read the correct section in the book either.

If I had to pick a perspective that was close to the way I think, it would be Humanistic. I do think that when people have met their needs they are more likely to help others. But I also think that people should help others even if their own needs have not been met. I've always thought that people should treat others the way they would want to be treated.

A few years ago I probably could have fit into the Socio-Cultural with Brantley because I was the same way. When I was around people I was comfortable with my true self could be seen, but when I was with strangers I was nowhere to be found. I think that was mostly because I was scared of rejection and not being liked by other. Now I'm me and if people don't like me for who I am, oh well their loss.

Matt Lord said...

i think that i would fit into the congnitive perspective because i really like to know why people think the way they do. Why we choose the things we do when we know that they are wrong and all our common sence and all our reason says that we shouldnt do it, but we do it anyways.

cassey said...

i think i would have to agree with matt. i think fall into the cognitive i like to know how and why people think the way they do. and why people do things even though they know they are wrong.

it felt like i fit into a lot of the perspectives though. but i think i liked this one the most

Br00ke said...

I'm not really sure what perspective I fit into I believe i would fit into the Socio-Cultural perspective, because i can be wild crazy fun if I'm comfortable in my situationa and the people I am with. although most of the time outside of those situations I'm usually quiet. I think I'd also fit into the cognitive group because i like to know how and why people do stuff. but I have no clue.:)

Anonymous said...

i would have to agree with kyle.of the perspectives, ive noticed that they all have some good and bad things about them. however, if i had to choose, i guess i would have to say that i think from a social-cultural/ humanistic and proboly throw in a lot of the behaviorist perspective. i like to believe that people are the product of how they were raised/ brought up and these 3 seem to support my beliefs.

Kyle Davis said...

After talking with Mrs. Hall she has informed me that my perspective is the "Pzyko-Analytical" perspective.

Anonymous said...

I think that I fit into the cognitive perspective because I'd like to study peoples thought process. I like to observe.

Anonymous said...

I think I think from a cognitive prospective. That is what most psychologists think from. I want to be a psychologist so I hope that's me.

shetika said...

i fit in behavior perspective. because ilearn by behavior. i know how to act and when to act that way. i dont always make good decisions but i always learn from my mistakes and thats why i believe i fit in a behavior perspective. i din't really know which one i was at first but now i know and it realy do count.... have a good day u guys:)

-Shetika Ward

Anonymous said...

i think from the sociocultural perspective. i think that people's actions aren't nature, but nurture. a good example of this is when a young child mimics the actions and speech of his or her family. although i think the majority of one's personality comes from his environment, i think that some more basic actions are instinctual and evolutionary.