AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES AND PSYCHOANALYSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Sadie believes that she is the Queen of England and that the CIA is out to get her. What type of psychologist would be most likely to treat her psychological disorder?
A
Developmental
B
Cognitive
C
Clinical
D
Personality
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Some researchers focus more on one specific school of thought, such as the biological perspective, while others take a more eclectic approach that incorporates multiple points of view. No single perspective is “better” than another. Instead, each simply emphasizes different aspects of human behavior.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are several major contemporary approaches to psychology (behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic, evolutionary, biological, humanistic, sociocultural/contextual).

Detailed explanation-3: -The correct chronological order is 3: Structuralism, 2: Psychoanalysis, 1: Behaviorism, 4: Humanism. In the second half of the 19th century, structuralism was developed by Wilhelm Wundt and one of his students, Edward Titchener, to study the conscious components of a person’s experience.

Detailed explanation-4: -At this point in modern psychology, the varying viewpoints on human behavior have been split into eight different perspectives: biological, behavioral, cognitive, humanistic, psychodynamic, sociocultural, evolutionary, and biopsychosocial.

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