PSY 201 Perspectives of Psychology

Perspectives of Psychology

Matching

Match the perspectives of psychology with their correct viewpoint.

1. ____ Biological Perspective

2. ____ Evolutionary Perspective

3. ____ Psychodynamic Perspective

4. ____ Behavioral Perspective

5. ____ Humanistic Perspective

6. ____ Cognitive Perspective

7. ____ Sociocultural Perspective

A. Analyzes the relationship between natural selection and behavior and mental processes

B. Focuses on personal growth, reaching our highest potential, and self-actualization

C. Examines how physiology and biology interact with the environment to impact and determine our behavior and mental processes

D. Holds that our unconscious processes determine our behaviors and how they are expressed in our personality

E. Emphasizes the way that our behavior and mental processes are impacted by social and cultural components in our environment

F. Believes that the field of psychology should focus on objective behaviors that are observable and measurable

G. Stresses the importance of internal processes of thought that impact the way that we think, know, remember, reason, make decisions, and communicate