BIO-PSYCHO-SOCIAL APPROACH IS EVERYTHING

Going over my notes, the whole bio-psycho-social approach thing is the first thing that really jumps out at me. The bio-psycho-social approach is everything... but actually.

Biological influences include:

• natural selection of adaptive traits
• genetic predisposition responding to the environment
• brain mechanisms and hormonal influences
• personality, abnormal psychology, and treatment of psychological disorders

Psychological influences include:

• states of consciousness
• learned fears and other learned expectations
• emotional responses
• cognitive processing and perceptual interpretations

Social-cultural influences:

• presence of others
• cultural, societal, familial expectations
• peer and other group influences

Different levels of analysis form an integrated approach that considers the influence of social-cultural, psychological, and biological factors. Each of these three factors are important to consider on their own when studying psychology, but put them all together and you've hit the jackpot! You get a clearer and more developed perspective on behavioral and mental processes when you look at things from each perspective- biological, psychological, and social-cultural. Congratulations, you've just become a psychologist!!

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