Contemporary Perspectives- Examples

Question 0

The study of current environmental influences and the importance of satisfying the needs for love and acceptance best describe which school of psychology.

Answer 0

Humanistic

Question 1

Dr. Morgan believes James’ aggressive nature was inborn. After examining MRI scans, James’ amygdala seems to be overstimulated and more sensitive. This gives Dr. Morgan further evidence of James’ aggressive personality having a genetic predisposition.

Answer 1

Biological

Question 2

Which perspective would most likely explain anger as an “outlet for unconscious hostility”?

Answer 2

Psychodynamic

Question 3

Which perspective would most likely look at how our interpretation of a situation affects how we react to it?

Answer 3

Cognitive

Question 4

This perspective arose in opposition to the determinism of earlier models. One of the fundamental precepts of this perspective is that people have free will, that their behaviour is not predetermined.

Answer 4

Humanistic

Question 5

A lot of research suggests that shyness or inhibition is inherited.

Answer 5

Biological

Question 6

This perspective emphasises the concepts of self-actualisation and reaching our full potential.

Answer 6

Humanistic

Question 7

Sally has low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin, which doctors have determined is causing depression. Sally’s state of depression is supported by which perspective?

Answer 7

Biological

Question 8

Riley has a very extroverted personality. Dr. Thomas believes that most extroverts see the world in such a way that being outgoing makes sense. Which perspective believes his personality is based on Riley’s interpretation of his social situation?

Answer 8

Cognitive

Question 9

This perspective looks strictly at observable behaviours and what reaction organisms get in response to specific behaviours. For example, someone who is shy might have been punished for being outspoken.

Answer 9

Behavioural

Question 10

This perspective focuses on how people behave based on how much emphasis people place on being part of a group versus being an individual, social norms, or social interaction.

Answer 10

Sociocultural

Question 11

This perspective believes that we choose most of our behaviours and these choices are guided by physiological, emotion, or association needs.

Answer 11

Humanistic

Question 12

This perspective is largely based on the belief that the part of our mind we do not have conscious control and access to controls much of our thought and action.

Answer 12

Psychodynamic

Question 13

This perspective might explain that an introverted person avoids social situations because of a repressed memory of trauma in childhood involving a social situation.

Answer 13

Psychodynamic

Question 14

Dr. Marcos explains to a client that his feelings of hostility toward a coworker are most likely caused by the way the client interprets the coworker’s actions and the way he thinks that people should behave at work.

Answer 14

Cognitive

Question 15

Which perspective would explain how memories and impulses are pushed into the unconscious mind, thus driving our later behaviours?

Answer 15

Psychodynamic

Question 16

Sally was given $5 for getting an A on her first quarter report card. After 2nd quarter, Sally had 5 A’s. Which perspective believes Sally’s increase in effort was result of the monetary reward.

Answer 16

Behavioural

Question 17

Which perspective believes behaviour is a result of the combination of reinforcers and punishers?

Answer 17

Behavioural

Question 18

After Ronny’s motorcycle accident in which his frontal lobe was damaged, friends and family saw a change in his personality. He wasn’t the same fun-loving person anymore. Which perspective supports the claim that Ronny’s personality was a result of damage to his frontal lobe?

Answer 18

Biological

Question 19

A researcher who concludes that “people who watch graphic violence in films are more likely to behave in than people who don’t” is likely from which perspective?

Answer 19

Behavioural

Question 20

Dr. Winton is studying attachment differences in young children from parents who raised their children in Western Europe versus Eastern Europe. Which psychological perspective is being demonstrated in this example.

Answer 20

Sociocultural

Question 21

This perspective focuses on how our level of motivation is affected by needs. For example, at this moment, with your needs for air and water satisfied, other motives– such as your desire to achieve– are energising and directing your behaviour. Let your need for water go unsatisfied and your thirst will preoccupy you. But if you were deprived of air, your thirst would disappear.

Answer 21

Humanistic

Question 22

Jean Piaget (a famous developmental psychologist) determined that a child’s mind develops through a series of stages. He believed the driving force behind this intellectual progression was our unceasing struggle to make sense of our experiences. His core idea is that “children are active thinkers, trying to make sense of the world they live in”.

Answer 22

Cognitive

Question 23

Some people view life with the “glass half-full” approach, while others view life with the “glass half-empty”. Researchers who study how people perceive and react to life events in a positive or negative manner support which approach?

Answer 23

Cognitive

Question 24

Adopted individuals are more susceptible to alcoholism if one or both biological parents have a history of alcoholism. Which perspective supports this explanation?

Answer 24

Biological

Question 25

Which perspective supports the following example… When you encode into memory, such as the name of the person sitting next to you in class, you associate it with other bits of information about your surroundings, mood, seating position, and so on.

Answer 25

Cognitive