Perspectives in Psychology (Quiz 2)

The unconscious mind influences everything we do.

• Biological perspective
• Behavioral perspective
• Cognitive perspective
• Psychodynamic perspective

If a child is behaving poorly, it is likely because this behavior has been rewarded somehow.

• Social-cultural perspective
• Behavioral perspective
• Biological perspective
• Psychodynamic perspective

Anxiety is the result of repressed traumatic childhood experiences.

• Psychodymanic perspective
• Cognitive perspective
• Behavioral perspective
• Biological perspective

An imbalance of hormones can contribute to aggressive behavior.

• Biological perspective
• Psychodynamic perspective
• Humanistic perspective
• Cognitive perspective

Teachers will get students to study more by offering extra credit.

• Humanistic perspective
• Social-cultural perspective
• Behavioral perspective
• Cognitive perspective

Treat mental illness with medication.

• Biological approach
• Psychodynamic approach
• Humanistic approach
•  Behavioral approach

Perception, attention, thinking, language, memory

• Behavioral perspective
• Cognitive perspective
• Humanistic perspective
• Psychodynamic perspective

Which perspective uses the metaphor of comparing the human mind to a computer?

• Sociocultural
• Psychodynamic
• Biochemical
• Cognitive

Which perspective would be most likely to state behavior is motivated by self-actualization and the promise of human potential?

• Evolutionary
• Humanistic
• Biochemical 
• Sociocultural

8. Emma is afraid of snakes because this fear protected her ancestors from death by snake bite.

• evolutionary
• behavioral
• socio-cultural
• psychodynamic