AP PSY History/Current Perspectives Review

Which perspective thinks the unconscious mind influences everything we do?

• Biological

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Psychodynamic

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

• Sociocultural

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Psychodynamic

Which perspective would say that anxiety is the result of repressed traumatic childhood experiences?

• Psychodynamic

• Cognitive

• Behavioral

• Biological

Which perspective suggests that an imbalance of hormones can contribute to aggressive behavior?

• Biological

• Psychodynamic

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

Which perspective believes that fears are learned and can be unlearned?

• Behavioral

• Sociocultural

• Psychodynamic

• Humanistic

Which perspective would agree with the following: "Change your thoughts, change your life"?

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Biological

• Psychodynamic

What famous psychologist is credited with opening the first ever psychology laboratory?

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Wundt

• John Watson

• B. F. Skinner

Darwin’s theory of evolution influenced which school of thought?

• Structuralism
• Functionalism
• Gestalt
• Cognitive

Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?

• Sigmund Freud
• Abraham Maslow
• Ivan Pavlov
• B.F. Skinner

Which perspective studies learning and how rewards and punishments influence how humans and animals act (observable responses)?

• Cognitive
• Behaviorism
• Humanism
• Evolutionary