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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
How does the Humanistic approach differ from the psychoanalytic approach?
The humanistic approach focuses on striving to be one's best, while the psychodynamic approach examines unconscious motives for behavior.
The humanistic approach studies thinking, and the psychodynamic approach focuses on learning through rewards and punishment.
The humanistic approach focuses on the good in all people while the psychodynamic approach emphasizes one's cultural context including religion, peer influence, etc.
These two perspectives are very similar in their approach. The only difference is that the Humanistic approach includes consideration of biological factors.
Examines how our genes, hormones, and nervous system interact with the environment to influence learning, personality, memory, motivation, emotions, and other traits and abilities.
Biological Approach
Cognitive Approach
Behavioral Approach
Pyschoanalytic Approach
Analyzes how childhood experiences influence the development of later personality traits and psychological problems.
Psychodynamic
Cognitive
Biological
Behavioral
Emphasizes that each individual has great freedom in directing his or her future, a large capacity in achieving personal growth.
Humanistic Approach
Cross-cultural Approach
Behavioral Approach
Psychoanalytic Approach
This perspective focuses on the importance of an individual's self-worth, and potential for self-actualization.
Evolutionary
Humanistic
Cross-cultural
Psychodynamic
This perspective claims concepts such as adaptation and natural selection are what explain human behavior.
Evolutionary Approach
Cognitive Approach
Behavioral Approach
Psychoanalytic Approach
Psychologists from this perspective would often recommend to treat mental illness with medication.
This perspective addresses issues of ethnicity, gender, family structure, and economic status.
Learning Perspective
Cognitive Perspective
Humanistic Perspective
Sociocultural Perspective
A researcher is investigating how a lack of serotonin in the brain may contribute to symptoms of depression. They are studying the effectiveness of SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) in treating the disorder.
Biological
Evolutionary
Humanistic
Behavioral
A teacher is using a reward system in her classroom. Every time a student completes their homework on time, they earn points that can be traded for prizes. The teacher believes this system will encourage better study habits. In this scenario described, which perspective has influenced the teacher's beliefs?
Psychodynamic
Biological
Behavioral
Cognitive
A psychologist argues that humans developed a fear of snakes and spiders because such fears increased survival chances for early humans, helping them avoid dangerous situations. With which perspective does their argument align?
Biological
Behavioral
Evolutionary
Sociocultural
Katelyn is struggling in school and fighting frequently with her parents. She is not sure about her future and what she wants to study in college. Apply the concepts associated with the humanistic perspective to offer an explanation of her behavior. Which of the following statements best represents the application of this approach to her scenario?
Katelyn has been shaped by her parents' dysfunctional relationship and will have a difficult time forming deep relationships in the future.
Katelyn will work to the best of her ability to determine the best course of action for her future career and work hard to achieve that goal.
Katelyn is overthinking her problems, which are minor, and her misperception of the scope of the problems is inflating their importance and her stress levels.
Katelyn has learned from her peers to treat her parents badly and to not put forth her best effort in school. Because this behavior is rewarded by her friends and has not yet faced any consequences, it will continue in the future.
