comparing the approaches

PSYCHODYNAMIC

- clear structured stages with ages 

LEARNING THEORIES 

- development is the process underpinning developement, can happen at any age 

HUMANISTIC 

- development of self continues through out life 

PSYCHODYNAMIC

- behaviour is driven by biology and instincts, but parental roles play a fundamental role

LEARNING THEORIES 

- born blank and behaviour is learnt!

- SLT = learn through observations and immitations 

- BEH = learn through associations 

HUMANISTIC

- parents & friends have critical effect on self-concept

PSYCHODYNAMIC 

- reduce behaviour to biology and instincts, however structure of peronality is a dynamic interaction 

LEARNING THEORIES 

- breaks down complex behaviours 

SLT = S ---> mediational process ---> R

BEH = S--->R

HUMANISTIC 

- understands behaviour through interactions 

- HOLISTIC

PSYCHODYNAMIC 

- our behaviour determinied by our unconscious mind - psych hard determinism 

LEARNING THEORIES 

SLT = soft determinism, influenced by enviroment but we also influence the environment through the actions we choose to immitate 

BEH = our behaviour is determined by external causes making our actions predictable 

HUMANISTIC 

- believe we have free will and that our behaviour cannot be determined because of it