To review what you've learned,
1. Go through this tutorial many times. Keep going until you have (a) cured the patient using each of the five approaches and (b) can do so without making errors. This is vital!!!
2. Fill out the following two tables. I've done some of it for you.
| General idea behind the approach | Is it scientific? That is, does it yield observable, public, physical, evidence? | How does it tie into Darwin's theory of evolution? |
| Neurophysiological "Our mind is controlled by our ." | What do you think? | What do you think? |
| Behavioral "We are what we " --not what we ." | What do you think? | What do you think? |
| Structuralist "Our mind is made up of lots of thoughts. These thoughts come from smaller thoughts ("atoms of thought"). We can discover what these atoms are by introspection." | What do you think? | It doesn't. |
| Cognitive "What is important about us, and what governs are actions are our ." | What do you think? | It doesn't. |
| Psychoanalysis "What is important about us, and what governs are actions are our | What do you think? | What do you think? |
| Humanism | What do you think? | It's a rebellion against the view of humans as animals. |
Dr. Mark L. Mitchell
| Approach | View of Humans | Definition of Psych | Diagnosis | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neurophysiology | What do you think? | What do you think? | What do you think? | What do you think? |
| Behaviorism | What do you think? | What do you think? | What do you think? | What do you think? |
| Cognitive | What do you think? | What do you think? | What do you think? | What do you think? |
| Psychoanalytic | What do you think? | What do you think? | What do you think? | What do you think? |
| Humanism | What do you think? | What do you think? | What do you think? | What do you think? |
| Eclectic | all of the above | What do you think? | What do you think? | It depends: Therapist is not wed to one particular treatment approach. |
Play this short, fun matching game.