1. AS Psychology Introduction

2. Directions
On your own sheet of notebook paper, title it “Psychological Approaches Introduction” and number 1-5.
After you see each of the following inkblot images, write down what you see. Be as descriptive or as brief as you would like.

3. Rorschach Test 1

4. Rorschach Test 2

5. Rorschach Test 3

6. Rorschach Test 4

7. Rorschach Test 5

8. Approach Introduction
Which approach do you gravitate towards?
A. Do you view humans as computers who receive and store info, and then produce output accordingly?
B. Do you view humans as growing, developmental beings who change as they go through stages?
C. Do you view humans as biological machines, governed by hormone release and brain activity?
D. Do you view humans as social beings, guided by our interactions with others?
E. Do you view humans as individuals, completely unique in life experience and intelligence?

9. Approaches A. Cognitive B. Developmental C. Physiological D. Social
E. Individual Differences
Pick the approach you will study today based on your answer to the last slide.

10. Approaches Now read about your approach in the text given.
Circle key words.
Underline key ideas.
Place “?” By things you don’t understand.
Place “!” by things you find interesting.

11. Approaches
Coming at it from your chosen approach, attempt to explain one of your partner’s answers from the inkblot test?
Is it purely based on memory or perception?
Or is it based on a fixation based on a childhood stage?
Or is it based on hormones/brain function?
Or is it socially influenced?
Or is it just because you are a weirdo?

12. Sentence Stems
From a ____________ approach, I think your interpretation shows….
However, from a ____________ approach your interpretation may show…

13. Approaches What is one strength of looking at it from this approach?
What is one weakness of looking at it from this approach?