Cognitive: Brain functioning and information processing occur in a particular way, in regard to thinking. Cues in the environment help us to recall information, or distort memories. Social:Society may have evolved to become an agent. Focuses on the impact of society on the individual.Psychodynamic: People have an id, ego and super ego. Also an unconscious mind. Parents and society give the super ego a conscious, so we adapt to societies expectations.Biological: Hormones neurotransmitters, genes contribute to out genetic blueprint. The environment from conception affects maturation and development.Learning: Reflexes are innate. There is a tendency to learn by association and reward- how we learn. What we learn come from the environment, including all our experiences.Criminal: Brain structures and hormones may be a cause of aggressive behaviour. Effect of environment on becoming criminal- self fulfilling prophecy.Health: Drugs affect neural transmission at the synapse. Treatments for drug addiction see to have included the removal of environmental cues which may cause relapse.Clinical: There may be a genetic cause for schizophrenia (inheritance). Mental health is affected by environment. Those with social support may be less severely affected.
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