AP Psych Unit 1: Psych's Modern Perspectives (pgs. 13-19)

Which of the following is a major issue in modern-day psychology?

• Evolutionary-biological

• Social-cultural-bipsychosocial

• Nature-nurture

• Psychodynamic-cognitive

• Social-cultural-behavioral

Which of the following perspectives is most likely to address how the encoding, storing, and retrieval of information might alter our thoughts?

• Evolutionary

• Psychodynamic

• Humanistic

• Cognitive

• Biological

Which of the following perspectives would be most likely to examine the unconscious motives of a person who is overly aggressive on the basketball court?

• Psychodynamic

• Social-cultural

• Behavioral

• Evolutionary

• Humanistic

Positive psychology, which studies the ideas behind human flourishing, is connected to which psychologist?

• John Locke

• Martin Seligman

• Charles Darwin

• Sigmund Freud

• John Watson

In what ways might a behaviorist disagree with a cognitive psychologist about the cause of aggression?

• A behaviorist might state that aggression is caused by memories or ways we think about aggressive behavior, while a cognitive psychologist might say aggression is caused by a past repressed experience

• A behaviorist might state that aggression is a behavior encouraged by our genetic code, while a cognitive psychologist might state that aggression is caused by memories or ways we think about aggressive behavior.

• A behaviorist might state aggression is caused by past rewards for aggressive behavior, while a cognitive psychologist might believe aggression is caused by an expressed desire to fulfill certain life needs.

• A behaviorist might state that aggression is caused by past rewards for aggressive behavior, while a cognitive psychologist might believe aggression is caused by memories or ways we think about aggressive behavior.

• A behaviorist would not disagree with a cognitive psychologist about aggression because they both believe that aggressive behavior is caused by the way we cognitively process certain behaviors.

Dr. Marco explains to a client that his feelings of hostility toward a coworker are most likely caused by the way the client interprets the coworker's actions and the way he thinks that people should behave at work. Dr. Marco is most likely working from what perspective?

• behavioral

• cognitive

• psychoanalytic

• humanist

• social-cultural

Symbolic dream analysis might be an important research technique to a psychologist from which of the following perspectives?

• behaviorist

• biopsychologist

• psychoanalytic

• evolutionary

• structuralist

Behaviorists explain human thought and behavior as a result of

• past conditioning

• unconscious behavioral impulses

• natural selection

• biological processes

• individual choice

A therapist who says that she uses whatever psychological perspective "works best" for each patient might be best described as

• social-cultural

• humanist

• eclectic

• psychoanalytic

• functionalist