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Psychology is not yet an “exact science”: psychologists can’t agree on how it should be studied.

Instead, we have a number of different “approaches” to the subject – each makes a certain amount of sense, but none

seems to tell the whole truth about human thought and behaviour.

What follows are the main “approaches” in psychology ….

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Psychology – the study of

human thought & behaviour

Physiological

Behavioural

Cognitive

Psychodynamic

Social

Humanistic

Evolutionary