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Below are a set of scenarios and ideas that a psychologist from a particular perspective might use. Choose the best perspective of the
following: Psychodynamic, Behavioral/Learning, Cognitive, Humanistic, Biological, Socio-cultural/social psychological.
Scenario
Perspective
1. When looking at why a person chooses to behave a particular way, I will
examine how they think and process information.
Cognitive
2. When looking at why a person chooses to behave a particular way, I will
examine what happened in childhood and what kinds of issues the patient is
fixated on.
Psychodynamic
3. When looking at why a person chooses to behave a particular way, I will
examine the brain chemistry and hormonal issues of the person.
Biological
4. When looking at why a person chooses to behave a particular way, I will
examine if the behavior helps the person reach his/her own potential.
Humanistic
5. When looking at why a person chooses to behave a particular way, I will
examine what consequences (pleasant or unpleasant) the person experienced.
Behavioral
6. Examining how a person’s gender will affect their actions.
Sociocultural
7. The unconscious mind influences everything we do.
Psychodynamic
8. How do people remember and forget?
Cognitive
9. Depression is influenced by genetic predisposition and brain chemistry.
Biological
10. Depression is influenced by how we perceive the world and how our thoughts
can betray us.
Cognitive
11. Depression is the result of not being able to express our anger toward those at
whom we are angry, so we “swallow” it, leading to depression.
Psychodynamic
12. Depression is the result of the depressive behavior being reinforced by
important others in our lives.
Behavioral
13. Depression is caused when an individual has a specific self-concept, but
important others in our lives have different views of who we are and what we
should be.
Humanistic
14. When we watch important people in our lives being depressed, we imitate it.
Behavioral (social
learning)
15. Recent research has found that being a part of any ethnic group changes the
way our brains are wired. This has two answers.
Sociocultural
Biological
16. Examining the structures of the brains of schizophrenic twins and comparing
them to their healthy twins.
Biological
17. What makes people watch a commercial repeatedly, then go out and buy a
product? There are multiple responses here.
Cognitive
Sociocultural
18. We are constantly trying to become who we are. Our lives are a process of
growth.
Humanistic
19. There seem to be a few things that motivate people: hunger, thirst, and sex.
Examining the hormones of each uses this perspective.
Biological
20. Analyzing dreams is a part of this point of view.
Psychodynamic
21. An individual’s behavior is connected to a person’s feelings and self-image.
Humanistic
22. Examining how an eyewitness will interpret a situation and how a lawyer can
best cross-examine that witness.
Cognitive
23. Using drugs to treat various mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, anxiety,
and depression.
Biological
24. When parents use punishment to change their child’s behavior, they are using
a technique from this perspective.
Behavioral

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Perspectives Practice Questions Name Block Below are a set of scenarios and ideas that a psychologist from a particular perspective might use. Choose the best perspective of the following: Psychodynamic, Behavioral/Learning, Cognitive, Humanistic, Biological, Socio-cultural/social psychological. Scenario 1. When looking at why a person chooses to behave a particular way, I will examine how they think and process information. 2. When looking at why a person chooses to behave a particular way, I will examine what happened in childhood and what kinds of issues the patient is fixated on. 3. Wh ...
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