AP PSYCHOLOGY

PSYCHOLOGYS HISTORY APPROACHES

PSYCHOLOGY AND ITS HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A therapist who says that she uses whatever psychological perspective “works best” for each patient might be best described as
A
socioal-cultural
B
hunaistic
C
eclectic
D
psychodynamic
E
functionalist
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following psychologists might have described himself as a humanist? [c] Maslow is the only psychologist in this list included in section on humanism in the text.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Behavioral Perspective: A Focus on Observable Behavior Behaviorism is a theory of learning, and learning theories focus on how we respond to events or stimuli rather than emphasizing internal factors that motivate our actions. These theories provide an explanation of how experience can change what we do.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition. An evolutionary perspective of personality and individual differences proposes that our personalities and individual differences have evolved, in part, to provide us with some form of adaptive advantage in the context of survival and reproduction.

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