If an Individual Believed That Why People Think and Feel

question 319

Multiple Choice

If an individual believed that why people think and feel as they do is more important than what they think and how they think, that individual would be a proponent of the ________ approach to psychology.

• A) structuralist
• B) functionalist
• C) psychodynamic
• D) behaviorist

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Definitions:

Entropy

A measure of disorder or randomness in a system, often associated with the second law of thermodynamics in physics.

Open Systems

A system is open or closed to the degree that it can exchange information and energy with its environment. A more open system can adapt to environmental changes.

Closed Systems

A system is open or closed to the degree that it can exchange information and energy with its environment. A closed system cannot adapt to environmental changes and is more likely to move toward entropy.

Levels

Different stages or degrees in a hierarchy or process.