History of Psychology

Question 1

Humanist Perspective

Answer 1

Include theorists like Maslow and Rogers who stress individual choice and free will.

Question 2

Psychodynamic Perspective

Answer 2

Those who follow this perspective believe that the unconscious mind - a part of our mind that we do not have control over or access to - controls much of our thought and action.

Question 3

Biopsychology (or Neuroscience) Perscpective

Answer 3

Biopsychologists explain human thought and behavior in terms of biological processes.

Question 4

Evolutionary (or Darwinian) Perspective

Answer 4

Evolutionary psychologists, or sociobiologists, examine human thoughts and actions in terms of natural selection.

Question 5

Behavioral Perspective

Answer 5

Behaviorists explain human thought and behavior in terms of conditioning.

Question 6

Cognitive Perspective

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Social-Cultural (or Sociocultural) Perspective

Answer 7

Social-culutural psychologists look at how our thoughts and behaviors vary among cultures.

Question 8

Biopsychosocial Perspective

Answer 8

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