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List the basic ideas early researchers had when developing structuralism, functionalism and gestaltGestalt psychology. List the five major psychological perspectives in psychology (behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic, humanistic, biological) and describe the basic tenets of each perspective. Note the similarities in the approaches used.
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Identify a psychological perspective, ( i.e., the biological perspective, the study of the relationship of the mind and the body). Research questions are then based on this mind-body connection. Are issues like alcoholism, aggression and violence, and shyness determined by things such as genetics, diet and nutrition, amount of sleep, exercise, etc.? Studies to address this might include experiments that manipulate a certain group's daily diet, sleep, or exercise habits. Other studies/ surveys might look at family histories of alcoholism, aggression, etc. Also, studies that look at the use of drugs to manipulate the behaviors that have been mentioned would all be areas that might be pursued by a researcher with a biological perspective.





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