Psychology

Abusive Behavior The psychodynamic perspective seems to be one way that abusive behavior can be explained or why humans commit acts of violence. The psychodynamic perspective observes the underlining reasons for human behavior. This means that psychologists focus on the unconscious mind, feelings, emotions and childhood or earlier years of a person’s life. This perspective also focuses on thought process, response patterns and influences in your life. For example, if a person was abused as a child they could bare a lot of resentment and anger towards their abuser and about life period. This abused person could or would then project the abuse on to others. They could also be harboring their feelings about the situation which could cause aggression towards others. The psychodynamic perspective tries to get to the source of said behavior. The human behavior of being a free spirit The humanistic perspective explains why we as humans have such free spirits and the “I will try anything once” attitude. Humans love to experience new things, learn new things and we love the ability we have to make our own choices and decisions. This is what the humanistic perspective focuses on. Ever hear of the phrase “its human nature'” Well it really is. The humanistic perspective emphasizes a person’s worth and suggests that we are responsible for our own joy and security. This idea reminds me of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. Humans have a desire to achieve their goals and reach their highest potential. Emotional Behavior and Maladaptive The evolutionary perspective is important when providing information to others. Our communication system, like language and facial expressions regulate the transmission of information or not. When we are scared or in fear of something because we see it and our mind is telling us to frightened or protective because it could possibly harm us. We have a natural instinct to survive when put in certain situations. This also goes for animals. That is why animals attack when they feel cornered or a squirrel scurries up a tree when a human walks by while the human is actually scurrying by out of fear of rabies or being attack. This could also be considered the humanistic perspective as well, because it is our human nature to survive under any circumstances. Maladaptive behavior coincides with the evolutionary perspective because maladaptive behavior is the ability to adjust, almost like a chameleon to a certain situation. Questions 1. Why do some humans feel violent or feel the need to commit violent acts just because they watched a movie with violence in it, listen to violent music or saw violent images or pictures' Is it subliminal' Cognitive psychology, personality psychology and social psychology would most likely be used or could be used to study this question. 2. If a person is in a violent relationship in their past, and is in a new relationship that is actually a good one, but they are always ready to leave at the first sight of an argument, what does this mean' Especially if they have grown to be non-confrontational throughout the years' Counseling psychology could/would be used to asses this question. My Question a. I know a lady who is in her forties and still lives with her twenty-something daughter. This lady males excuses that reason she cannot work or earn a living is because her daughter needs her, but the daughter is ready to live in her apartment on her own for the first time since she moved in. She is also judgmental of her daughter’s friends and relationships and negative in a lot of other ways. Well the lady asked to stay with me but she is a procrastinator and has never worked and always lived with someone. Why are some people able to survive and take care of themselves, while some wait to be taken care of' Does this mean she is lacking evolutionary perspective' What type of psychology would be good for her'