If a Psychologist Is Interested in Understanding the Thinking and Feeling

question 43

Multiple Choice

If a psychologist is interested in understanding the thinking and feeling that underlie behavior, she should take the ________ approach to studying personality.

• A) trait
• B) humanism
• C) cognitive
• D) psychoanalytic

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Definitions:

Expectations

Beliefs or anticipations about future events, behaviors, or outcomes, influencing attitudes and actions.

Sensitive

Having a heightened capacity for emotional or physical response to stimuli; easily affected or responsive.

Behavior

The observable actions or responses of humans or animals.

Child Maltreatment

Encompasses all forms of physical and emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect, and exploitation that results in actual or potential harm to the child's health, development, or dignity.