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Psychology with a difference: Perspectives

You can now deal in the consideration of subjects with only one perspective, Questions to ausständige, Hypotheses to explain and answer?! Looking at the base camp of Psychology at, I would deny this. Functionalism sees consciousness as a central starting point. The behaviorist perspective, the psychology of the, as we know it today, especially, cemented, wants to know, how environmental factors control the behavior. The psychodynamics of internal forces and their effect on the behavior brought Austria and Freud a “un”a dubious reputation.
There is a conflict richer discussion with the evolutionary perspective to Darwin, the familiar nature-nurture issue is also found in the biological theory, all the behavior and the way it functions to Go, Reduced brain and nervous systems. As a counterpoint can certainly humanistic point of view are represented, when it comes to freedom of choice and we see people as active creatures.
Through the active involvement enabled a variety of areas, we do not have today in “good-bad” or “black and white” Subdivide categories, and even if we reject approaches, we should try to think outside the box and to perceive, that there are always new ideas and opportunities, which have not yet “thoughtless” remained. Maybe a little, as the cross-cultural perspective, criticized mainly focus on our Western perspective and examines cross-cultural differences.