Match These Examples with the Appropriate Perspective

question 95

Multiple Choice

Match these examples with the appropriate perspective.
-Keisha's mental retardation results from growing up in an environment of poverty and discrimination.

• A)biological perspective
• B)psychodynamic perspective
• C)cognitive perspective
• D)sociocultural perspective
• E)learning perspective

Differentiate between reductionist/mechanical and holistic/rationalist models in psychological theories.

Recognize the innate traits and signals contributing to human attraction and sexual behavior.

Understand the role of pheromones in human behavior and attraction mechanisms.

Identify the neurotransmitters involved in reward processing and addiction mechanisms.

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Definitions:

Darwin's Mechanism

A theory proposed by Charles Darwin that describes the process of natural selection as the mechanism by which evolution takes place.

Modern Synthesis Theory

A framework that merges Darwinian evolution with Mendelian genetics, explaining how evolutionary processes like natural selection act on genetic variation.

Amino Acid Substitutions

Changes in the protein sequence where one amino acid is replaced by another, potentially altering protein function or stability.

Biogeography

The study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time, including the factors that influence these distributions.