6 Perspective Style

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We should consider that there are many ways to look at a situation dealing with development and behavior that could lead to very different conclusions. I would like to explore and compare how the six perspective styles proposed by Feldman (2014), could see this same scenario differently. These varying styles can have limitations in how they address behavior. The six perspective styles are psychodynamic, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, contextual, and evolutionary. All of these are major perspectives on the lifespan development.
Under the psychodynamic view it is believed that behavior could be a result of inner forces, conflicts, or memories and out of the control of the person and they can’t identify why (Feldman, 2014 p.14). It could …show more content…
In this view we can conclude that Alice is not being rewarded for good grades and study habits or not having the proper environment to encourage learning. The drawback of this view is that is focuses solely on the observable actions and environment involving Alice. It is possible something not observable, her actual capacity and previous foundation to math was insufficient. She may not have the mental tools to process what is being taught even in a perfect environment. If the perfect environment or reinforcement existed and yet she still failed the class this view would not have an …show more content…
In this view they may see that she is choosing not to advance and not doing what is necessary to learn and earn a decent grade. That once she chooses to do so she will have the ability to do well in the class. The downside of using this is that it gives no solution to fix the situation the analysis is simplified and vague while not taking to account other factors except free will. The contextual perspective considers all the connections a person may have with the physical, cognitive, personality, and social worlds (Feldman, 2014 p.22). In this view they may say that Alice is being affected negatively from different aspects in her environment socially or culturally all connected to cause the undesired action. This approach could not take into account the biology of the individual and if she has any limitations. The evolutionary view tries to identify how our ancestors’ genetic information can lead to our current actions (Feldman, 2014 p.24). This way of thinking could portray Alice as not having been born with the genetic tendency to do math since it was not something her ancestors needed to survive and then that part of the brain did not develop. This view is very singular in looking at biology only and not any of the environmental or social ways that could be affecting
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