Warm-up on Perspectives

Operant conditioning and reinforcement are the more modern versions of

• humanism

• psychodynamism

• behaviorism

• cognitive perspective

This perspective focuses on free will and the human potential for growth.

• humanism

• behaviorism

• psychodynamism

• evolutionary psychology

This is the study of learning, memory, language and problem solving.

• humanism

• psychodynamism

• cognitive psychology

• sociocultural perspective

This is the scientific study of how a person's thoughts, feelings and behavior are influenced by the real, imagined or implied presence of others.

• social psychology

• cognitive pscyhology

• cultural psychology

• humanism

The focus of this perspective is the study of the hormones, brain structure, brain chemistry and diseases.

• biological

• cognitive

• sociocultural

• humanism

This perspective says that behavior has an adaptive or survival value.

• evolutionary

• humanistic

• positive

• social

Dr. MacPherson believes that the way students organize and think about the information in their textbooks will strongly influence their ability to later remember and use what they have studied.

• Cognitive

• behavioral

• evolutionary

• humanistic

Professor Lopez believes that severe depression results primarily from an imbalanced diet and abnormal brain chemistry. Professor Lopez favors a _____ perspective on depression

• biological

• psychoanalytic

• humanistic

• cognitive

A clinical psychologist who explains behavior in terms of unconscious drives and conflicts is employing a(n) ________ perspective

• socio-cultural

• behavioral

• psychoanalytic

• cognitive

Dr. Wilson attributes the delinquent behaviors of many teens to the pressures associated with being members of street gangs. Her account best illustrates a(n) ________

• social-cultural

• evolutionary

• psychoanalytic

• cognitive