This resource outlines the 5 major perspectives in psychology: biological, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, and humanistic.
This brief video clip provides an explanation of the behavioral theory.
Students will examine the various perspectives in psychology by examinig the behaviors of a celebrity of their choice. Students will also conduct a cognitive analysis of their celebrity.
This multi-day unit plan uses the problem of childhood obesity to apply the psychological perspectives. It includes resources and cooperative learning activities for establishing that there is a problem, exploring the problem, looking for possible causes, deciding what content in psychological science is related to the problem, and proposing solutions to the problem.
This article explains and evaluates the cognitive approach.
This article explains and evaluates the cognitive approach.
This video discusses the humanistic theory of personality.
This brief video clip provides and explanation of human needs and cognitive theories
This resource examines three main learning approaches: the behaviourist approach, the cognitive approach, and the humanist approach.
This video discusses Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality and the different structures of our mind that contribute to our personality.
This article describes Sigmund Freud's psychodynamic approach.
This presentation explains psychodynamic theory.
This resource discusses psychological perspectives.
This activity encourages discussion of the various psychological perspectives and the views they bring to bear upon questions about behavior.