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Modern Perspectives in Psychology

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3hrs 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which perspective argues that our nervous system influences our behavior?

a)

Biological

b)

Evolutionary

c)

Cognitive

2.

Which perspective argues that hereditary genes that are passed down from our parents influence our behavior?

a)

Evolutionary

b)

Learning

c)

Biological

3.

Which perspective argues that perceptions and thoughts influence our behavior?

a)

Cognitive

b)

Learning

c)

Humanistic

4.

Which perspective argues that our behavior depends on things like our self-motivation?

a)

Humanistic

b)

Psychoanalytic

c)

Sociocultural

5.

Which perspective argues that our unconscious motives influence our behavior?

a)

Psychoanalytic

b)

Humanistic

c)

Learning

6.

Which perspective argues that personal experiences will influence our behavior?

a)

Learning/Behavioral

b)

Cognitive

c)

Humanistic

7.

Which perspective argues that things like our ethnicity, gender, and culture will influence our behavior?

a)

Sociocultural

b)

Humanistic

c)

Cognitive

8.

If I say she acted like that because she has a good sense of who she is and because she is self-motivated, which perspective am I using?

a)

Humanistic

b)

Learning

c)

Biological

9.

How many contemporary perspectives are there?

a)

6

b)

7

10.

True or false: The biological perspective argues that our biology (like our brain) affects our behavior.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

True or false: Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is behavior?

a)

Our actions

b)

Our thinking

c)

Our dreams

13.

What are examples of mental processes?

a)

Perception

b)

Memory

c)

Thinking

d)

All of them

14.

True or false: Mental processes are things we do with our mind.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

True or false: The 5 waves of psychology represent different ways of thinking about psychology.

a)

True

b)

False