The Five Perspectives of Psychology and Relationships

Personality is defined as the difference between individual thought, emotion, and behavioral pattern. (Rathus, 210) Personality research can be broadly divided into two fields. The first is to understand individual differences in specific personality traits, such as cuteness and violence. The other is to understand how different parts of people are integrated. Psychology has five general views, each emphasizing a different factor, trying to understand how personality develops and is related to others.

About two years ago, Eric Johnson edited the book "Psychology and Christianity: Five Perspectives." As the title suggests, he urged leaders to submit their own chapter on their respective perspectives from five different perspectives, psychology and Christianity. Interpretation level, integration, Christian psychology, transformation, and Bible counseling are all sound. This book deals with the following problems. Where should Christians get knowledge about people - empirical research, Bibles, philosophy, classical Christian works? How should Christians talk with modern psychology fields - critical, cautious, open and appreciated? Does the Bible fit our understanding of the human condition and the way in which we change it?

This book discusses five views on the relationship between psychology and Christianity. Five views presented by seven contributors include hierarchical interpretation, integration, Christian psychology, transformation psychology, Bible counseling. Each opinion is also reflected by supporters of other methods. The editor provides some insight through the preface, prologue and final chapter. In the preface, he obviously put a background in the book and its report.