Barron's: History and Approaches - Wave 3, 4, & 5

Question 1

unconscious mind

Answer 1

a part of our mind over which we do not have conscious control that determines, in part, how we think and behave

Question 2

repression

Answer 2

the pushing down into the unconscious events and feelings that cause so much anxiety and tension that our conscious mind cannot deal with them

Question 3

stimuli

Answer 3

environmental events

Question 4

responses

Answer 4

physical reactions

Question 5

reinforcement

Answer 5

environmental stimuli that either encourage or discourage certain responses

Question 6

eclectic

Answer 6

drawing from multiple perspectives

Question 7

humanists

Answer 7

believe that we choose most of our behaviors and these choices are guided by physiological, emotional, or spiritual needs

Question 8

psychoanalysts

Answer 8

believe that the unconscious mind controls much of our thought and action

Question 9

biopsychologists

Answer 9

believe that human cognition and reactions might be caused by effects of our genes, hormones, and neurotransmitters in the brain or by a combination of all three

Question 10

evolutionary psychologists

Answer 10

examine human thoughts and actions in terms of a natural selection

Question 11

behaviorists

Answer 11

they look strictly at observable behaviors and what reaction organisms get in response to specific behaviors

Question 12

cognitive psychologists

Answer 12

examine human thought and behavior in terms of how we interpret, process, and remember environmental events

Question 13

social-cultural psychologists

Answer 13

look at how our thoughts and behaviors vary from people living in other cultures

Question 14

modern perspective

Answer 14

acknowledges that human thinking and behavior results from combinations of biological, psychological, and social factors