An Introduction Psychological Perspectives III (Biological Perspective and Eclectic Perspective)

Evaluation of Biological perspective from Islamic-scientific point of view

1. Describe Islamic-scientific perspective on the influence of biological factor to human behaviours
2. Evaluate biological perspective from Islamic-scientific perspective
3. Apply biological perspective to counselling, psychotherapies and various psychology sub-disciplines from Islamic-scientific perspective
4. Integrate Islamic-scientific biological model to the broader biopsychosocial-spiritual model

1. The biological bases of behaviours (genetic, neuronal and hormonal activities)
2. Historical context of psychosurgery, drug therapy, and electro-convulsive therapy, with addition from Islamic psychological history.
3. Basic concepts of biological perspective, plus Islamic-scientific perspective
4. Biological model of health, plus Islamic-scientific perspective
5. Biological model of abnormality, plus Islamic-scientific perspective
6. Biological model of counselling and psychotherapy, plus Islamic-scientific perspective
7. Biological model in other areas of psychology, plus Islamic-scientific perspective
8. How does Islamic-scientific cognitive-behavoural and cognitive models fit the broader biopsychosocial-spiritual model.

Evaluation of eclectic approach to psychology

1. Describe Islamic-scientific perspective on being eclectic in explaining human behaviours
2. Evaluate eclectic perspective from Islamic-scientific perspective
3. Integrate early Muslim scholars’ psychological theories to the broader biopsychosocial-spiritual model
4. Integrate traditional Islamic methods to the broader biopsychosocial-spiritual model

1. When to use which perspective?
2. When to combine more than one perspectives?
3. How to integrate psychology with multiple Qur’anic verses and hadith (both qat`i and zanni)
4. How to integrate psychology with multiple early Muslim scholars’ perspectives on psychology
5. How to make use of principles in Usul Fiqh, Usul Tafsir and Usul Hadith when integrating psychology with Islamic perspective.