1. An Exercise in Perspectives
AP Psychology
AP Exam Review

2. Psychodynamic / Psychoanalytic
The unconscious mind is key to understanding behavior
Psychodynamic / Psychoanalytic

3. Humans are passive organisms that react to their environment
Behaviorism

4. Humans actively seek, evaluate, combine, transform, and transmit information
Cognitive

5. Behaviors and thoughts can be taken back to the brain chemicals and hormones
Biological

6. People who did not grow up speaking English often do not get my puns
Social-cultural /
Socio-cultural

7. Parents can model behavior and children can imitate them
Behaviorism

8. Humans are born basically good, with an innate desire to grow and improve
Humanistic

9. I’m a man, you’re a woman---this makes us view the world differently
Social-cultural /
Socio-cultural

10. It’s all about the consequences
Behaviorism

11. Childhood experiences determine our adult behavior
Psychodynamic / Psychoanalytic

12. Serotonin and dopamine are important neurotransmitters in keeping people’s moods stabilized
Biological

13. It’s all about how we think about things
Cognitive

14. People try to create meaning in their lives through making connections
Humanistic

15. Social-cultural / Socio-cultural
Being Mexican, German, Chinese, or American will alter how a person will experience the world
Social-cultural /
Socio-cultural

16. Reality is different for each person because they interpret external events differently
Cognitive

17. Psychodynamic / Psychoanalytic
Sex and aggression are two inborn drives that push people to do different things
Psychodynamic / Psychoanalytic

18. Hormones and genetics
Biological

19. Reinforcement and Punishment drive behavior
Behaviorism

20. Self-actualization and our drive to grow push us to excel
Humanistic

21. Gestalt (sub-group of cognition)
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts---context determines how we perceive reality
Gestalt (sub-group of cognition)

22. My aunts helped raise me and I go to them for dating advice
Social-cultural /
Socio-cultural

23. Psychodynamic / Psychoanalytic
There are no accidents because we may actually be doing it due to unconscious issues
Psychodynamic / Psychoanalytic

24. Women, on average, have larger corpus collosi (part of the brain), and therefore can multi-task better than men
Biological

25. Perception of self and how others feel about us are important
Humanistic

26. I’m older than you all---I’ve experienced things you have not
Social-cultural /
Socio-cultural

27. I’m older than you and my nervous system processes experiences differently than you teenagers
Biological

28. We are all subject to stimulus-response connections to the world that determines our behavior
Behaviorism

29. The schemas that I have will filter out and filter in different bits of information
Cognitive

30. Men reach their physical peak in their mid-20’s
Biological

31. Teenagers have more accidents with driving than adults because their hormones are pushing them into risky behavior
Biological

32. Social-cultural / Socio-cultural
Psychologists address aspects of this point of view in comparing Latino and American
Social-cultural /
Socio-cultural