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Perspectives in Psychology pp 19–52Cite as

Theoretical Approaches to Psychology

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Abstract

At the end of this chapter you should be able to:

  1. 1.

    describe and evaluate five major theoretical approaches to psychology: physiological, psychoanalytic, behaviourist, cognitive and humanistic;

  2. 2.

    discuss different levels of explanation of psychological functioning; and

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    consider a number of issues and debates about the nature of the person in psychology, including heredity and environment, free will and determinism the mind/body problem and reductionism.

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Further Reading

  • W. E. Glassman, Approaches to Psychology, 2nd edn (Buckingham: OU Press, 1995).

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  • J. Medcof and J. Roth (eds), Approaches to Psychology, 2nd edn (Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 1988).

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  1. Alison Wadeley
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  2. Ann Birch
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  3. Tony Malim
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© 1997 Alison Wadeley, Ann Birch and Tony Malim

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Wadeley, A., Birch, A., Malim, T. (1997). Theoretical Approaches to Psychology. In: Perspectives in Psychology. Introductory Psychology Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14273-6_2

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