AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES AND PSYCHOANALYSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
a psychologist who studies the effects that physical & chemical changes have on behavior
A
behaviorist
B
cognitivist
C
biopsychologist
D
psychoanalyst
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A psychobiologist studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biological Psychology-a psychobiologist studies how physical and chemical changes in our bodies influence our behavior.

Detailed explanation-3: -Biological psychologists also study “behavior-changing brain lesions, chemical responses in the brain and brain-related genetics, ” according to the American Psychological Association (APA). Biopsychology is also sometimes referred to as physiological psychology or psychobiology, according to the APA.

Detailed explanation-4: -Watson and Edward Thorndike (and later, B.F. Skinner), behaviorism was grounded in studies of animal behavior. Behaviorists argued that psychology should be a science of behavior, not the mind, and rejected the idea that internal mental states such as beliefs, desires, or goals could be studied scientifically.

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