The Psychodynamic Approach: Human functioning is based upon the interaction of drives and forces within the person., Problems arise when we have conflicts within our unconscious mind., Contributed to the development of a talking therapy called 'free association'., Emphasised the importance of dreams when understanding our unconscious mind. , The Behaviourist Approach: A way of explaining behaviour in terms of what we can observe., Highlights the importance of learning behaviours from those in our environment., Hold the belief that there is little difference between the learning of humans and animals., Adopts scientific methodology. , The Humanistic Approach: An approach which studies the whole person., The uniqueness of each individual is the driving force behind their key ideas. , Self-actualisation is the achievement of our full potential., We have free will to control our own behaviour and our development. , The Cognitive Approach: A scientific study of the mind as a computer processor. , Behaviour can be explained in terms of how the mind operates - our cognitions. , Problems arise when people adopt faulty thinking patterns., Case studies of brain damaged patients and medical brain imaging techniques are key to research in this field.,

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