This document outlines the major perspectives of psychology and what each perspective focuses on. It discusses the neuroscience perspective which examines how the body and brain enable emotions, memories and sensory experiences. The evolutionary perspective looks at how natural selection of traits promotes the perpetuation of genes. The document also mentions the behavior genetics, psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, socio-cultural, and humanistic perspectives in psychology.

1. Psychology’s
Perspectives
(How psychologists view the world.)

2. Neuroscience

3. Neuroscience
How the body and brain enable
emotions, memories, and
sensory experiences.

4. Evolutionary

5. Evolutionary
How the natural selection of
traits promotes the perpetuation
of one’s genes.

6. Behavior Genetics

7. Behavior Genetics
How much our genes and our
environment influence our
individual differences.

8. Psychodynamic

9. Psychodynamic
How behavior springs from
unconscious drives and conflicts.

10. Behavioral

11. Behavioral
How we learn observable
responses.

12. Cognitive

13. Cognitive
How we encode, process, store,
and retrieve information.

14. Socio-cultural

15. Socio-cultural
How behavior and thinking vary
across situations and cultures.

16. Humanistic

17. Humanistic
How healthy people grow to
become their best.