psyhcodynamic approach summarize

All psycho-dynamic theories stem from psychoanalysis, for Freud first developed the basic ideas which underlie the approach as a whole--particularly the idea that understanding behavior requires insight into the thoughts and feelings which motivate our actions. While the textbook deals extensively with the basic concepts of psychoanalysis, in many ways the theory is intertwined with the man. Indeed, one could argue that in no other approach has one person had such a dominating influence, not even Watson for Behaviorism, or Rogers for Humanistic Psychology. Consequently, it should not be surprising that Freud was ranked higher than any other psychologists on various lists of scientists and thinkers of the last millennium. While many other psycho-dynamic theories exist today, Freud still casts a long shadow, as the following resources show.

cognitive approach summarize

They focus on the way humans process information, looking at how we treat information that comes in to the person what behaviorists would call stimuli and how this treatment leads to responses. In other words, they are interested in the variables that mediate between stimulus/input and response/output. Cognitive psychology assumes our behavior is an internal process including perception, attention, language, memory and thought