Name that Approach and Psychologist

Emphasizes learning, especially each person's experience with rewards & punishments

Behavioral Approach

behavior & mental processes are largely shaped by the nervous system: brain, hormones, genes.

Biological Approach

Emphasizes ways in which people receive, store, retrieve & process information

Cognitive Approach

"I provide vocational and career guidance OR help someone come to terms with the death of a loved one? Who am I?"

Counseling Psychologist

"I'm interested in aging, especially in researching and developing ways to help elderly people stay as independent as possible. Who am I?"

Developmental Psychologist

"I'm interested in how biological, psychological, and social factors affect health and illness? Who am I?"

Health Psychologist

Emphasizes individual potential for growth & stress individual choice & free will.

Humanistic Approach

"I serve as human resources specialists, helping with staffing, training, & employee development in such areas as strategic planning, and coping with organizational change. Who am I?"

Industrial Psychologist

This approach emphasizes internal conflicts, mostly unconscious, causing anxiety.

Psychoanalytic Approach

Emphasizes the influence culture has on the way we think and act.

Sociocultural Approach