Psych Mod 2

the longstanding controversy over the relative contributions that genes and experience make to the development of psychological traits and behaviors

• Nature-Nurture Issue

• Natural Selection

• Levels of Analysis

• Behavioral Psychology

• Biopsychosocial approach

Answer explanation

Today’s science sees traits and behaviors arising from the interaction of nature and nurture

the principle that, among the range of inherited trait variations, those contributing to reproduction and survival will most likely be passed on to succeeding generations

• Nature-Nurture Issue

• Natural Selection

• Levels of Analysis

• Behavioral Psychology

• Biopsychosocial approach

the differing complementary views, from biological to psychological to social-cultural, for analyzing any given phenomenon

• Nature-Nurture Issue

• Natural Selection

• Levels of Analysis

• Behavioral Psychology

• Biopsychosocial approach

an integrated approach that incorporates biological, psychological, and social-cultural levels of analysis

• Nature-Nurture Issue

• Natural Selection

• Levels of Analysis

• Behavioral Psychology

• Biopsychosocial approach

the scientific study of observable behavior, and its explanation by principles of learning

• Nature-Nurture Issue

• Natural Selection

• Levels of Analysis

• Behavioral Psychology

• Biopsychosocial approach

The scientific study of the links between biological (genetic, neural, hormonal) and psychological processes

• Biological Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology

• Evolutionary Psychology

• Psychodynamic Psychology

• Social-Cultural Psychology

Answer explanation

•Some biological psychologists call themselves

–behavioral neuroscientists,

–neuropsychologists,

–behavior geneticists,

–physiological psychologists, or

–biopsychologists.

the scientific study of all the mental activities associated with thinking, knowing, remembering, and communicating

• Biological Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology

• Evolutionary Psychology

• Psychodynamic Psychology

• Social-Cultural Psychology

the study of the evolution of behavior and mind, using principles of natural selection

• Biological Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology

• Evolutionary Psychology

• Psychodynamic Psychology

• Social-Cultural Psychology

a branch of psychology that studies how unconscious drives and conflicts influence behavior, and uses that information to treat people with psychological disorders

• Biological Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology

• Evolutionary Psychology

• Psychodynamic Psychology

• Social-Cultural Psychology

the study of how situations and cultures affect our behavior and thinking

• Biological Psychology

• Cognitive Psychology

• Evolutionary Psychology

• Psychodynamic Psychology

• Social-Cultural Psychology