plained the mind as having pressures that build up and when these can no longer be contained, then the unconscious mind releases these pressures. (Frued, pages 13-15) These pressures might be jealousy and desires from early childhood relationships. For the troubled mind, this release must be more dramatic than the release normal people get from everyday activities. This may result in violence or other bizarre behavior. (Zimbardo, page 19)The behavioral and psychodynamic view points seem to differ more than they overlap. An example of a situation where psychologists from both disciplines might agree is with a teenager's low self-esteem. The behavioral view point would claim that something had to have 'stimulated' this feeling for it to result in a response of a low self-esteem. Psychodynamic psychologists would believe that something from the teen's past childhood experiences is causing pressure that the mind is having a hard time releasing. In this case the behavioral stimulus is the psychodynamic pressure and the response is the releasing of the pressure as low self-esteem. While examining these two very different psychological perspectives, I have come to the conclusion that no situation or particular behavior can be attributed to just one reason. If a situation is looked at through only one perspective, then many questions are left unanswered. This is why I do not believe that any perspective is 'wrong,' nor do I believe any perspective is completely and solely 'right.' ...
