AP PSYCHOLOGY

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.