Contemporary Approaches 2

Question 0

A psychologist who analyzes how organisms learn or modify their behavior based on their response to events in the environment. -observing behavior. Reinforcers.

Answer 0

Behaviorism

Question 1

A psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior. (Analyze your dreams). You behave a certain way because of your unconscious mind.

Answer 1

Psychoanalytic/ Psychodynamic

Question 2

A psychologist who studies how we process, store, retrieve, and use information and how cognitive processes influence our behavior. -Mental processes.

Answer 2

Cognitive

Question 3

Looking at self-actualization (the attainment of your goals) and how to reach full potential of self. Look at your goals to solve your problems. Get the person to attain success.

Answer 3

Humanistic

Question 4

Looking at the biological state of the body and how it influences behavior (brain, genetics, etc.)

Answer 4

Biological/ Neuroscience

Question 5

Looking at the culture and social group that one is in, and how it influences a person’s behavior.

Answer 5

Sociocultural