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Jill wants to study the process of thinking. Which field of psychology should she choose?
Cognitive
Social
Personality
Learning
Perception
Psychology is considered a science mainly because it relies on direct observation. Which field of psychology supports this?
Behaviorism
Psychodynamic
Social
Cognitive
Structuralism
Psychoanalytic psychology focuses mainly on:
rewards and punishments
self-esteem and self-actualization
biology and genetics
internal conflict and unconscious desires
sensation and perception
In explaining human behavior, psychoanalysts are likely to focus on ________, whereas humanistic psychologists concentrate on ________.
evolved functions of our thoughts and feelings; self-reports of immediate physical sensations
observable behavior; the way we perceive, process, and remember information
childhood experiences and unconscious thought processes; current environmental influences on potential
introspective reports of immediate sensations; empirical research relying on observation and experimentation
the study of brain activity linked with mental activity; the examination of the stream of consciousness and emotion
Mr. Lopez believes that severe depression results primarily from an imbalanced diet and abnormal brain chemistry. Mr. Lopez favors a ________ perspective on depression.
biological
pyschodynamic
behavioral
cognitive
psychoanalytic
Akira believes that her son has become a good student because she always praises his learning efforts. Her belief best illustrates a ________ perspective.
biopsychosocial
biological
psychodynamic
behavioral
structural
Which psychological perspective highlights the manner in which people encode, process, store, and retrieve information?
cognitive
psychodynamic
behavioral
evolutionary
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