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ap psychology - unit 1 review: approaches to psychology

originally streamed in 2019 with Anaya ZacheryStudent

Learn the major approaches to psychology and how psychologists explain human behavior through biological, cognitive, behavioral, and sociocultural perspectives. This AP Psychology Unit 1 review walks you through each theoretical framework with clear ...more

curriculum note

This video uses the old 'Unit 1: Approaches to Psychology' label from the pre-2024 AP Psychology curriculum. In the current AP Psychology course, these psychological approaches (biological, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, psychodynamic, sociocultural, evolutionary) are distributed across Units 1–4 rather than grouped in a standalone 'History and Approaches' unit.

covered in this stream

units

Unit 1 – Biological Bases of Behavior Unit 2 – Cognition Unit 3 – Development and Learning Unit 4 – Social Psychology and Personality

topics

1.4 The Brain 4.4 Psychodynamic and Humanistic Theories of Personality 4.5 Social-Cognitive and Trait Theories of Personality 3.8 Operant Conditioning 3.9 Social, Cognitive, and Neurological Factors in Learning

timestamps

0:00
What is Psychology?
0:31
Plato and Perception
2:04
Rene Descartes and Dualism
3:07
Wilhelm Wundt: Founder
4:11
Structuralism and Introspection
5:14
Functionalism and William James
5:45
Psychiatrist vs Psychologist
6:47
Basic vs Applied Research
8:20
Types of Psychologists
9:21
Clinical vs Counseling
11:00
Biological Approach
13:06
Behavioral Approach and Skinner
14:40
Cognitive Approach
15:13
Biopsychosocial Approach
16:14
Humanistic Approach
17:49
Hierarchy of Needs
20:22
Psychoanalytic Approach and Freud
21:27
Sociocultural Approach
22:35
Evolutionary Approach
24:14
Review of Approaches
26:35
Practice Questions
35:50
Poll Question 1
39:04
Poll Question 2
42:09
Poll Question 3
45:01
Poll Question 4
46:05
Bonus Hierarchy Question
49:15
Q&A and Wrap-Up
50:48
Structuralism vs Functionalism
53:29
Functionalism Example

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