Psychological Theories
Explain the principal psychological perspectives (P1)
In this section, I will be talking about psychological perspectives that influence an individual’s personality and behaviour towards their actions and view on life.
An approach is a perspective/viewpoint of someone. That revolves around certain assumptions (i.e. beliefs) about typical human behavior which involves the way they function, which aspects of them are worthy of study and what research approaches are suitable for carrying out this study. There may be several different theories within an approach, but they all share these common assumptions. This includes the: * Social learning * Biological * Behavior * Cognitive * Psychodynamic * Humanistic
Social learning theory
This theory is a perspective that states that people learn within a social context. It is facilitated through concepts such as modeling and observational learning. People, especially children, learn from the environment and seek acceptance from society by learning through influential models. Social learning theory is a perspective that states that social behavior (any type of behavior that we display socially) is learned primarily by observing and imitating the actions of others. The social behavior is also influenced by being rewarded and/or punished for these actions.
This often develops at an early stage where dependency is a necessity e.g. childhood where role models give them a lifestyle to develop as they grow older. As a child, a lot of lifestyles are glamourized by only the benefits and morals or the end result of how they want be in life whether it’s to be rich, inspirational or even intimidation. The essence common affiliation of role models is celebrities or people who have committed extraordinary acts to gain recognition because the attention has a large audience and therefore any actions carried out by them will be considered the right thing to do as they will want to be an influence that has
In this section, I will be talking about psychological perspectives that influence an individual’s personality and behaviour towards their actions and view on life.
An approach is a perspective/viewpoint of someone. That revolves around certain assumptions (i.e. beliefs) about typical human behavior which involves the way they function, which aspects of them are worthy of study and what research approaches are suitable for carrying out this study. There may be several different theories within an approach, but they all share these common assumptions. This includes the: * Social learning * Biological * Behavior * Cognitive * Psychodynamic * Humanistic
Social learning theory
This theory is a perspective that states that people learn within a social context. It is facilitated through concepts such as modeling and observational learning. People, especially children, learn from the environment and seek acceptance from society by learning through influential models. Social learning theory is a perspective that states that social behavior (any type of behavior that we display socially) is learned primarily by observing and imitating the actions of others. The social behavior is also influenced by being rewarded and/or punished for these actions.
This often develops at an early stage where dependency is a necessity e.g. childhood where role models give them a lifestyle to develop as they grow older. As a child, a lot of lifestyles are glamourized by only the benefits and morals or the end result of how they want be in life whether it’s to be rich, inspirational or even intimidation. The essence common affiliation of role models is celebrities or people who have committed extraordinary acts to gain recognition because the attention has a large audience and therefore any actions carried out by them will be considered the right thing to do as they will want to be an influence that has