1. Chapter 1.2 (B): Contemporary Approaches to Psychology
Mr. McCormick
Psychology

2. List and briefly describe the 4 Historical Approaches to Psychology
Do-Now: (In Journal)
List and briefly describe the 4 Historical Approaches to Psychology
Which approaches
do you feel have most influenced Modern Psychology?

3. List the 6 Contemporary Approaches to Psychology
Do-Now: (In Journal)
List the 6 Contemporary Approaches to Psychology
With which approach do you most agree? Disagree? Why?

4. Contemporary Approaches to Psychology
Psychoanalytic:
“Unconscious” motivations
Sigmund Freud ( )
Behavioral:
Events in the environment
(rewards/punishments)
Ivan Pavlov ( )
Humanistic:
Individual/Self-directed choices
Abraham Maslow ( )

5. Contemporary Approaches to Psychology
Cognitive:
How we process, retrieve,
and store information
Jean Piaget ( )
Biological:
Biological/Physical factors
Sociocultural:
Ethnicity, gender, culture,
environment, socioeconomic
status

6. Which contemporary approach to Psychology do feel is most favorable?
Review
Which contemporary approach to Psychology do feel is most favorable?
Why?