ABSTRACT
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In this chapter, we will look at the ways in which psychologists go about understanding human behaviour. We'll do this in two ways. First, we will look at where psychology came from and how it developed. This will help us to understand how our ideas of what psychology is and should be have changed. We will then look at how psychology is approached today, and see that there are six main theoretical approaches. We will cover each of these approaches individually, discuss their main assumptions and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each approach.
