Psychology Approaches

Question 1

Biological

Answer 1

Links between biological (genetic, neural, hormonal) and psychological processes.

Question 2

Evolutionary

Answer 2

How natural selection of traits has effected behavior and the mind and allowed us to survive

Darwin

Question 3

Psychodynamic

Answer 3

How behavior springs from unconscious drives and conflicts

Used to treat psychological disorders

Question 4

Behavioral

Answer 4

Behavior based on experience or learning

Conditioning (training).

Question 5

Cognitive

Answer 5

How knowledge is required, organized, remembered, and used

Piaget studied intellectual development

Language

Question 6

Humanistic

Answer 6

Emphasizes that people have free will

Every person can fulfill his or her potential

Hierarchy of needs

Carl Rodger and Abraham Maslow.

Question 7

Socio-Cultural Perspective

Answer 7

The impact that society, culture, ethnicity, race, and religion have on personality.

Question 8

Biopsychosocial Approach

Answer 8

A psychological approach that considers the influences of biological, psychological, and socio-cultural factors.

Question 9

Industrial-Organizational (I/O) Psychologists

Answer 9

Optimizing human behavior in the workplace by applying psychological methods and processes.

Question 10

Human Factor Psychology

Answer 10

Explores how people and machines interact and how machines in physical environments can be made safe and easy to use.