School Psychology Practicum Student
Saint Louis Community College
06.2024 - Current
- Explore various theoretical perspectives, examining how these external influences impact our thoughts, feelings, and actions.
- Psychoanalytic insights of Freud to the behavioral principles of Skinner and the humanistic emphasis on individual potential.
- Psychoanalytic theory, pioneered by Sigmund Freud, emphasizes the unconscious mind and its impact on behavior. His concept of the id, ego, and superego provides a framework for understanding the interplay of basic drives, rational thought, and moral considerations.
- Emphasizes the role of external stimuli in shaping our actions and emphasizes the importance of observable behavior in scientific research.
- Behavioral theory, in contrast, focuses on observable behaviors and the role of environmental conditioning in shaping them. B.F. Skinner, a key figure in this approach, proposed that behaviors are learned through reinforcement and punishment.
- Psychological constructs manifest across cultures reveal fascinating insights into the diversity of human experience.
