Psychology levels of analysis

Bio psycho social approach

Also religion and culture
 Objectives
• Identify 5 main levels of analysis.
• Be able to understand how
complementary the various perspectives.
• Be able to give examples for each level of
analysis.
How to understand any
?phenomena
analysis
 Case
• A 10 yrs old boy was hit by his teacher on
his back and he started to refuse going to
school.
• Discuss the possibility of bio psych social
analysis in this case.
 Biological

Any factor has direct biological

influence including genes, viruses,
toxins even in the antenatal period
 Biology
• Genes.
• Antenatal life.
• Toxins.
• Illness.
 Psychological

Is related to the personality type,

way of thinking and many factors
including self esteem.
 Psychology
• Childhood learning.
• Emotional process.
• Cognitive process.
 Social

Is related to current social environment

and its positive and negative
contributions to the current
phenomena.
 Socio-cultural
• Environment.
• Society belief.
• Media.
• Parents behavior.
• Schools.
 Anger
• List factor in each area of the bio-psycho-
social-cultural and religion model to
explain anger.