AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Mr. Lopez believes that severe depression results primarily from an imbalanced diet and abnormal brain chemistry. Mr. Lopez favors a ____ perspective on depression.
A
biological
B
pyschodynamic
C
behavioral
D
cognitive
E
psychoanalytic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Lopez believes that severe depression results primarily from an imbalanced diet and abnormal brain chemistry.

Detailed explanation-2: -Functionalism and Evolutionary Psychology James and the other members of the functionalist school (Figure 1.5) were influenced by Charles Darwin’s (1809-1882) theory of natural selection, which proposed that the physical characteristics of animals and humans evolved because they were useful, or functional.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which approach is most directly concerned with assessing the relative impact of both nature and nurture on our psychological traits? Humanistic.

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