AP PSYCHOLOGY

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

ANXIETY DISORDERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
It has been suggested that compulsive acts typically exaggerate behaviors that contribute to the survival of the human species. This idea best illustrates the ____ perspective.
A
humanistic
B
learning
C
social-cognitive
D
biological
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -It has been suggested that compulsive acts typically exaggerate behaviors that contributed to the survival of the human species. This idea best illustrates the perspective. classical conditioning.

Detailed explanation-2: -Exposure therapy is a psychological treatment that was developed to help people confront their fears. When people are fearful of something, they tend to avoid the feared objects, activities or situations.

Detailed explanation-3: -The most common obsessions in both children and adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are related to a fear of dirt and contamination, fear of some terrible happening, and the fear of harming a loved one.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Behaviorist School of Thought It was based upon the work of thinkers such as John B. Watson, Ivan Pavlov, and B. F. Skinner. Behaviorism suggests that all behavior can be explained by environmental causes rather than by internal forces. Behaviorism is focused on observable behavior.

Detailed explanation-5: -In the largest of these, out of a cohort of 1.75 million Danes, being born in Copenhagen was associated with a 2.5-fold greater risk of schizophrenia than being born in rural areas.

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