AP Psychology Unit 1

Which perspective would most likely explain anger as "an outlet for unconscious hostility"?

• Social-cultural

• Psychodynamic

• Behavioral

• Functionalist

The debate on the relative contributions of biology and experience to human development is most often referred to as

• evolutionary analysis.

• behaviorism.

• the nature-nurture issue

• natural selection.

Which of the following professionals is also a medical doctor?

• Psychiatrist

• Psychologist

• Counselor

• Biiologist

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

• Sociocultural

• Behavioral

• Biological

• Psychodynamic

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

• Behavioral

• Cognitive

• Biological

• Psychodynamic

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

A psychologist that uses ethnicity, gender, culture and socioeconomic status influence our behavior. 

• behaviorist
• humanist
• socio-cultural psychology
• psychoanalyst

____________ refers to biological/genetic predispositions' impact on human traits

• nature

• nurture

Psychology is defined to as the

• science of mental phenomena.

• science of conscious and unconscious activity.

• science of behavior.

• science of behavior and mental processes.