AP Psychology - Unit 1: Psychological Perspectives (Practice Problems)

The mind can be viewed as an information processing system.

Cognitive

Behavior is motivated by forces that individuals may not understand or be aware of.

Psychoanalytical

Human thought and behavior can be understood in terms of activity at the neural level (neurons in the brain).

Biological

One limitation of our understanding of behavior is that most research has been conducted on subjects from North America.

Socio-Cultural

Psychological science is the study of behavior that is observable and measurable.

Behavioral

Many of our behaviors have developed as a result of our species' adaptation to the challenges of surviving across millennia.

Evolutionary

When parents use punishment to change their child's behavior, they are using a technique from this perspective.

Behavioral

Using drugs to treat various mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, anxiety, and depression.

Biological

Examining how an eyewitness will interpret a situation and how a lawyer can best cross-examine that witness.

Cognitive

When looking at why a person chooses to behave a particular way, I will examine if the behavior helps that person reach his or her own potential.

Humanistic

The unconscious mind influences everything we do.

Psychoanalytical

Tina wears skirts and dresses because that is the norm in the society where she lives.

Socio-Cultural

Liam has poor self-esteem because there is a large gap between his ideal self and his actual self.

Humanistic

Emma is afraid of snakes because this fear protected her ancestors from death by snake bite.

Evolutionary

Dr. Marcos studies the way in which negative perceptions affect our ability to solve novel problems.

Cognitive

Mike believes that people are genetically predisposed to dislike bitter-tasting foods because this has enhanced human survival.

Evolutionary

Which perspective would focus on the extent to which different styles of parenting are encouraged among various ethnic communities?

Socio-Cultural

Dr. Miller believes that the way students organize and think about the information in their textbooks will strongly influence their ability to later remember and use what they have studied.

Cognitive

Dr. Williams attributes the delinquent behaviors of many teens to the pressures associated with being members of street gangs.

Socio-Cultural

Alan acts out in class because his peers reinforce the behavior by laughing at his jokes.

Behavioral