Explain Two Psychologial Perspectives

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Assignment Brief: Explain two Psychological Perspectives This essay will examine and explain two psychological perspectives. The areas of concentration will be Behaviourism and Psychodynamic perspective. Firstly the essay will evaluate one study in relation to behaviourism carried out by (Watson and Rayner, 1920) the essay will also discuss Classical and operant Conditioning, a theory developed by Ian Pavlov, and Skinner. Secondly the essay will discuss the Psychodynamic perspective developed by Sigmund Freud in relation to the conscious and unconscious mind and how it affects human behaviour, Moreover, the essay will conclude by discussing the extent to which both perspectives contributes to society, and how it has helped individuals. The first perspective for analysis is Behaviourism, so the question is what is Behaviourism? Behaviourism is an approach in psychology that was started by John Watson in 1913, in the US. Assumptions of Behaviourism are that; Behaviourism is primarily concerned with observable behaviour, as opposed to internal events like thinking and emotion. When born our mind is a blank slate. Behaviour is the result of stimulus response. People’s behaviour is affected by their environment, we learn through classical or operant conditioning. Research can be carried out on animals and the findings can be used to understand human behaviour. Behaviourism can perhaps be best summed up by the following famous quote from the famous psychologist John B. Watson: "Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select -- doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors. "John Watson,
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