WorksheetsModern Perspectives in Psychology
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3hrs 33mins
Which perspective argues that our nervous system influences our behavior?
Biological
Evolutionary
Cognitive
Which perspective argues that hereditary genes that are passed down from our parents influence our behavior?
Evolutionary
Learning
Biological
Which perspective argues that perceptions and thoughts influence our behavior?
Cognitive
Learning
Humanistic
Which perspective argues that our behavior depends on things like our self-motivation?
Humanistic
Psychoanalytic
Sociocultural
Which perspective argues that our unconscious motives influence our behavior?
Psychoanalytic
Humanistic
Learning
Which perspective argues that personal experiences will influence our behavior?
Learning/Behavioral
Cognitive
Humanistic
Which perspective argues that things like our ethnicity, gender, and culture will influence our behavior?
Sociocultural
Humanistic
Cognitive
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?
Humanistic
Learning
Biological
How many contemporary perspectives are there?
6
7
True or false: The biological perspective argues that our biology (like our brain) affects our behavior.
True
False
True or false: Psychology is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes.
True
False
What is behavior?
Our actions
Our thinking
Our dreams
What are examples of mental processes?
Perception
Memory
Thinking
All of them
True or false: Mental processes are things we do with our mind.
True
False
True or false: The 5 waves of psychology represent different ways of thinking about psychology.
True
False
