Psychological Perspectives

Who is considered the "father of psychology" and began the first psychology lab?

• Wilhelm Wundt
• Wiliiam James
• Sigmund Freud
• Edward Titchener

Who is the founder of psychoanalysis?

• Sigmund Freud
• Abraham Maslow
• Ivan Pavlov
• B.F. Skinner

Which perspective believed psychology should emphasize the potential for growth of each human being and an individual’s freedom to make their own decisions?

• Biological
• Humanistic
• Psychodynamic
• Behavioral

Which perspective studies learning and how rewards and punishments influence how humans and animals act (observable responses)?

• Cognitive
• Behaviorism
• Humanism
• Evolutionary

Which psychological perspective focuses on how we think about information?

• Cognitive
• Behavioral
• Evolutionary
• Psychodynamic

Which psychological perspective would be most interested in studying our brain structures & chemistry, genetics, glands, etc.?

• Biological
• Structuralism
• Functionalism
• Humanistic

It focuses on how we process, store and use information and how this information influences what we attend to percieved, learn, remember, believe and feel.

• Biological Approach

• Cognitive Approach

• Behavioral Approach

• Pyschoanalytic Approach

It focuses on how we process, store and use information and how this information influences what we attend to percieved, learn, remember, believe and feel.

• Biological Approach

• Cognitive Approach

• Behavioral Approach

• Pyschoanalytic Approach

Studies how ideas, such as adaptation and natural selection, explain human behavior.

• Evolutionary Approach

• Cognitive Approach

• Behavioral Approach

• Psychoanalytic Approach

The unconscious mind influences everything we do.

• Biological perspective
• Behavioral perspective
• Cognitive perspective
• Psychodynamic perspective