Introduction

You, your brother and your sister have been allowed to decorate the basement recreation room.

Your older brother wants to make it a game room with a big screen TV and numerous game systems, decorated in a football theme. You would like a large screen TV and a surround sound music system and would like to see it decorated with bright lights, large pillows and neon walls. Your younger sister would like to see it decorated with an American Doll theme with numerous dolls and doll furniture.

All three of you have different views on how to best use the space. Is one way better than the others? Is one way right and the others wrong? No, of course not, they are just three different ways to approach the same issue.

Psychology as a field of study also has different views called approaches or theories to explain human behavior. These approaches or theories may seem confusing, but they are simply different explanations for various behavior.

 

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to:

  • Differentiate between various perspectives or approaches in psychology, including each approaches view on aggression.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Psychology: Objective: 1

 

 

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