Perspectives in Psychology
Modern psychologists view questions in psychology from a number of different perspectives. Behavioral psychologists would explain this young girl’s smile as learned in response to positive reinforcement, while a social-cultural psychologist would focus on how different environments influence smiles. Neither perspective is necessarily right or wrong. They are just looking at the same aspect of human behavior in different ways.
- View the presentation on modern perspectives of psychology and then answer the following question.
Why do psychologists take different theoretical perspectives?
