Psychological Perspectives

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Initial Post Instructions After reviewing the case below, choose two perspectives (neuroscience, humanistic, cognitive, psychodynamic or behavioral) to create a short dialogue between two psychologists discussing Sara’s behavior. Feel free to be creative in your dialogue! Define your two chosen perspectives and briefly discuss the differences of each approach. What was one missing in your dialogue from the case that the other helped to explain?

For example, what would a psychodynamic psychologist say about Sara’s behavior versus a cognitive psychologist? Your dialogue might look something like this:

Psychodynamic Psychologist: Sara seems to be exhibiting these behaviors as a result of unconscious thoughts and conflicts she may not be aware of.

Cognitive Psychologist: That could be true! But I think a possible cause of Sara’s anxiety could stem from the way she thinks about the world around her. Her thinking is distorted and we should work to change that.

Psychodynamic Psychologist: Hmm… Sara’s parents did get a divorce when she was in high school, she could have possibly repressed those feelings that are now coming to the surface from her own recent divorce.

Cognitive Psychologist: Yes, but we are still not getting at the root of the way she thinks and processes information. She excessively worries about everything, not just her parent’s divorce and her own.

Case Sara is 35 year-old woman currently struggling with increasing pressure at work and a recent divorce among many other things in her life. At the urging of her friends and family, she sought counseling and was diagnosed with Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Sara has a tendency to worry excessively about her children, money, friends, cat, and just about everything else where other people might not find a reason to worry. At work, she has trouble concentrating and is finding it difficult to perform at her best. Her boss is putting more pressure on her to perform better and meet sales goals for the quarter. In general, Sara feels like she is often on edge, tense, exhausted and is very irritable, which has impacted her everyday life. The amount of stress and anxiety Sara is experiencing in her life is also contributing to her depression. She feels as though she is in a vicious cycle she can’t escape.

When Sara was in middle school, her parents argued a lot and she often heard them talking about divorce. In high school, Sara’s parents finally followed through and divorced, which made Sara feel very alone and not in

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control of her own life. She said that she still feels that she is not in control, worries often, and can’t control how she feels, despite her attempts.

Be sure to make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week.

Follow-Up Post Instructions Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.

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Grading This activity will be graded using the Discussion Grading Rubric. Please review the following link:

Course Outcomes (CO): 1

Due Date for Initial Post: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Wednesday Due Date for Follow-Up Posts: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday

Minimum of 3 posts (1 initial & 2 follow-up) Minimum of 2 sources cited (assigned readings/online lessons and an outside source) APA format for in-text citations and list of references

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(https://chamberlain.instructure.com/courses/63025/users/69954)Renee Owens (Instructor) Apr 19, 2020

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This week, you will read about five major perspectives in modern psychology: Neuroscience, Humanistic, Cognitive, Psychodynamic and Behavioral. Each perspective explains human behavior in a different way, with their own strengths and weaknesses. For example, the cognitive perspective focuses on how people think about and understand the world, but doesn’t take into account the physiological and biological processes of each individual (Feldman, 2018).

Review the case below and create a short dialogue between two psychologists discussing Sara’s behavior. Define your two chosen perspectives and briefly discuss the differences of each approach. What was one missing in your dialogue from the case that the other helped to explain?

Feel free to be creative in your dialogue! Be sure to make connections between your ideas and conclusions and the research, concepts, terms, and theory we are discussing this week.

Case

Sara is 35 year-old woman currently struggling with increasing pressure at work and a recent divorce among many other things in her life. At the urging of her friends and family, she sought counseling and was diagnosed with Depression and Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Sara has a tendency to worry excessively about her children, money, friends, cat, and just about everything else where other people might not find a reason to worry. At work, she has trouble concentrating and is finding it difficult to perform at her best. Her boss is putting more pressure on her to perform better and meet sales goals for the quarter. In general, Sara feels like she is often on edge, tense, exhausted and is very irritable, which has impacted her everyday life. The amount of stress and anxiety Sara is experiencing in her life is also contributing to her depression. She feels as though she is in a vicious cycle she can’t escape.

When Sara was in middle school, her parents argued a lot and she often heard them talking about divorce. In high school, Sara’s parents finally followed through and divorced, which made Sara feel very alone and not in control of her own life. She said that she still feels that she is not in control, worries often, and can’t control how she feels, despite her attempts.

*Please be sure to review the discussion guidelines via the link provided above as to make sure you understand how discussions will be graded. Remember to cite all of your sources in APA format (in-text citations and a list of references)*

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*Initial response should be posted by Wednesday, May 6th, 11:59 pm MT and discussion requirements must be met by Sunday, May 10th, by 11:59 pm MT*

References

Feldman, R. S. (2018). Understanding psychology (14th ed.). Dubuque: McGraw-Hill Education.

(https://chamberlain.instructure.com/courses/63025/users/148121)Nicolle Bray (https://chamberlain.instructure.com/courses/63025/users/148121) Yesterday

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After reviewing the case I choose cognitive and psychodynamic.

Cognitive: Studies how people understand and think about the world. (Feldman 2018, pg. 15)

Psychodynamic: Contends behavior is motivated by their inner conscience. ( Feldman 2018, pg.15)

Psychodynamic: Sara seems to have been suppressing her feelings about her parents’ divorce and it is finally surfacing because of her recent divorce.

Cognitive: That could be a possibility but it seems to me she is having a lot of pressure put on her for work. This could definitely cause her to feel out of control.

Psychodynamic: That is something to think about but if she felt out of control with her parents’ divorce it could be the cause of her anxiety and stress now because her divorce just triggered those suppressed emotions.

Cognitive: True but her divorce is probably putting a strain on her finical status and her boss isn’t helping the situation.

References:

Feldman, R.S (2018). Understanding psychology. (14th ed.)

(https://chamberlain.instructure.com/courses/63025/users/138321)Chioma Anugwom (https://chamberlain.instructure.com/courses/63025/users/138321) Monday

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After reviewing the case below; i choose cognitive and psychodynamic.

Phychodynamic according to Sigmund Freud (1856 to 1939) he believed that event in our childhood have a

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great influence on our adult lives, shaping our personality.

Cognitive psychologist try to build up cognitive models of information processing that goes on inside people’s minds including perception, attention,language, memory and consciousness.

psychodynamic psychologist versus cognitive psychologist about Sara’s behavior.

Psychodynamic Psychologist: Sara might be having those troubles due to the events in her life while growing up, which she has suppressed for example, the argument and fights between her parents .

Cognitive Psychologist; Maybe it is true, but on the other hand,maybe it is caused by the overwhelming pressure of balancing the workloads in the office and at home.

Psychodynamic Psychologist: That might be true but i feel that she developed the ability of suppress antagonistic and over whelming situations from the time she was growing up and watching her parents situations. Battling up emotions and avoiding problematic situation for a longtime can have adverse overwhelming effects on the psychological state of a person’s mind, resulting in depression, anxiety and irritability.

Cognitive Psychologist: That is perfectly true. I believe that the accumulations of workload, both in the office and at home, triggered the overflow of the emotions that resulted in Sara’s present state of mind.

REFERENCE:

Mc Leod, S. A. (2017). Psychodynamic Approach. Simple Psychology.

(https://chamberlain.instructure.com/courses/63025/users/69954)Renee Owens (Instructor) Monday

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Hi Chioma,

Thank you for your perspective on Sara’s case with your dialogue! What do you think are some of the similarities and/or differences of the cognitive and psychodynamic…