Psychology Ch 1 Sec 4 Contemporary Approaches

emphasizes the role that thoughts play in determining behavior

• psychoanalytic perspective
• sociocultural perspective
• cognitive perspective
• biological perspective
• learning perspective

emphasizes the effects of experience on behavior

• psychoanalytic perspective
• sociocultural perspective
• cognitive perspective
• biological perspective
• learning perspective

emphasizes the influence of biology on human behavior

• psychoanalytic perspective
• sociocultural perspective
• cognitive perspective
• biological perspective
• learning perspective

emphasizes the influences of ethnicity, gender, culture, and socio-economic status on behavior and mental processes.

• psychoanalytic perspective
• sociocultural perspective
• cognitive perspective
• biological perspective
• learning perspective

emphasizes the influence of unconscious forces on human behavior

• psychoanalytic perspective
• sociocultural perspective
• cognitive perspective
• biological perspective
• learning perspective

psychological perspective that stresses the capacity for human self-fulfillment and the importance of consciousness, self-awareness, and the capacity to make choices

• humanistic perspective
• sociocultural perspective
• cognitive perspective
• biological perspective
• learning perspective

psychological perspective that focuses on the evolution of behavior and mental processes

• humanistic perspective
• sociocultural perspective
• cognitive perspective
• evolutionary perspective

theory that suggests people can change their environments and that people can learn intentionally by observing others

• social-learning theory
• cognitive theory
• learning theory
• biopsychosocial theory

a group of people who share a common religion, color, or national origin

• humanistic population
• cognitive group
• cognitive construct
• ethnic group

Psychologists of the humanistic perspective assume that mental processes are made possible by the nervous system.

• True
• False