Approaches to psychology summary.

• The biological approach takes the nature side of the nature nurture debate, is extremely deterministic and explains behaviour through genetics, biochemicals and brain structure. 

• The cognitive approach takes the nurture side of the nature nurture debate and emphasises the importance of thinking and how it effects are behaviour.

• The behavioural approach takes the nurture side of the nature nurture debate and explains psychology through classical and operant conditioning which reduces psychology down to rewards and reinforcements.

• The psychodynamic approach takes the nurture side of the nature nurture debate and focuses on past experiences in childhood and the conflicts between the ID and the EGO.

• The humanistic approach takes the nurture side of the nature nurture debate. Humanism is a psychological approach that emphasizes the study of the whole person. Humanistic psychologists look at human behavior not only through the eyes of the observer, but through the eyes of the person doing the behaving. 
  Humanistic psychologists believe that an individual's behavior is connected to their inner feelings and self concept.