Question

           Name: Yarin Sanchez

Current Psychological Perspectives

For each of the following indicate the current psychological perspective illustrated (behavioral, biological, cognitive, sociocultural, evolutionary, humanistic, psychodynamic).

1.   A researcher who records the signals from the brain while a person smokes a cigarette most likely advocates the __________________ perspective.

2.   Ruchi is a graduate student in psychology who is doing research on how conflicts during childhood can produce personality disorders during adulthood. Dr. Ego, Ruchi’s research advisor, would most likely describe herself as an advocate of the ________________ perspective.

3.   Mikhail just bought a DVD entitled, “Feel better about your self in thirty days.” The psychologist who narrates the DVD emphasizes the positive qualities of human existence and stresses that people have a great potential for personal growth because they are constantly striving for self-actualization. The narrator most likely is using the _______________ perspective.

4.   Dr. Zaragoza studies the susceptibility of eyewitness reports to misleading information (e.g., reading the perpetrator was blond and not brunette). Dr. Zaragoza uses the ____________________ perspective in her studies.

5.   When a chore has been completed, Dr. Riccio has his child mark a checklist kept on the refrigerator. After the child has completed all of the assigned chores, the child receives an allowance. Dr. Riccio is using the ___________________ perspective to increase the likelihood of his child completing chores.

6.   Dr. Nagayama studies the incidence of child abuse as a function of social class and ethnic group. Dr. Nagayama uses the _______________ perspective in his research.

7.   Dr. A tries to help a client stop smoking by understanding the unconscious reasons for the client’s need to smoke. Dr. A encourages the client to talk about his childhood conflicts with his parents. Dr. A is using the ___________________ perspective in therapy.

8.   Dr. B tries to help a client stop smoking by telling her to keep a careful record of the number of cigarettes smoked and the particular people and situations who are a part of her smoking behavior. She keeps these records as a way of uncovering the factors that reward her for smoking so that she may remove the rewards. Dr. B is using the ________________ perspective in therapy.

9.   Professor C is teaching a lesson on why it is humans spend one-third of their life sleeping. The lesson focuses on the idea that sleep was an adaptive behavior for humans during the Pleistocene era, that is, sleep allowed humans to conserve energy at a time when it was dangerous and unproductive to be active. Professor C’s lesson is based on the ___________________ perspective.

Answer 1

humanistic, psychodynamic).

1.   A researcher who records the signals from the brain while a person smokes a cigarette most likely advocates the biological perspective.

2.   Ruchi is a graduate student in psychology who is doing research on how conflicts during childhood can produce personality disorders during adulthood. Dr. Ego, Ruchi’s research advisor, would most likely describe herself as an advocate of the psychodynamic perspective.

3.   Mikhail just bought a DVD entitled, “Feel better about your self in thirty days.” The psychologist who narrates the DVD emphasizes the positive qualities of human existence and stresses that people have a great potential for personal growth because they are constantly striving for self-actualization. The narrator most likely is using the humanistic perspective.

4.   Dr. Zaragoza studies the susceptibility of eyewitness reports to misleading information (e.g., reading the perpetrator was blond and not brunette). Dr. Zaragoza uses the cognitive perspective in her studies.

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