AP Psych History & Approaches to Psychology

Early psychological perspective that emphasized units of consciousness and identification of elements of thought using introspection

• Structuralism

• Functionalism

• Monism

• Dualism

The study of behavior and mental processes.

• psychodynamic

• biology

• psychology

• humanistic

Psychological perspective concerned with individual potential for growth and the role of unique perceptions in growth toward one’s potential.

• behavioral

• biological

• socio-cultural

• humanistic

Psychological perspective concerned with physiological and biochemical factors that determine behavior and mental processes.

• behavioral

• biological

• psychodynamic

• evolutionary

The psychological perspective concerned with how unconscious instincts, conflicts, motives, and defenses influence behavior.

• functionalism

• behavioral

• psychoanalytic

• humanistic

If Aristotle and Locke, who both believed that what we know is acquired from experience, were alive today, they would best agree with the

• behavioral

• biological

• cognitive

• psychodynamic

Dr. Didden was hired by the TLC Company to help it retain its employees without lowering the firm’s profits. After TLC removed cubicles and permitted employees to decorate their workroom as recommended by Dr. Didden, the absentee rate declined and no employees left for jobs else- where. Dr. Didden is most likely to be

• clinical psychologist

• counseling psychologist

• industrial-organizational psychologist

• forensic psychologist

In explaining human behavior, psychoanalysts are likely to focus on ________, whereas humanistic psychologists concentrate on ________.

• evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings; self-reports of immediate physical sensations

• observable behavior; the way we perceive, process, and remember information

• childhood experiences and unconscious thought processes; current influences on human potential

• introspective reports of immediate sensations; empirical research relying on observation and experimentation

Arguments as to whether psychological differences between men and women result from biological or social influences most clearly involve a debate over the issue of

• evolution versus natural selection

• structuralism versus functionalism

• nature versus nurture

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) ________ perspective.

• behavioral

• evolutionary

• biological

• socio-cultural