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UNIT 1 TEXT QUESTIONS Review Questions 1. What is the focus of community psychology?   2. List three medical services that a psychiatrist can provide but a psychologist cannot. ...   3. Mid-20th century humanism was a reaction against an earlier approach in psychology. Which approach was it?   4. In which two present-day psychological perspectives would researchers be most likely to use brain images such as CT scans?   5. In behavioral psychology, what is a stimulus and what is a response?   Critical Thinking Questions 1. How might studying psychology help you live a fuller, happier life? Give specific examples. 2. How did the methods of early structuralists and functionalists differ? Name a psychologist that took each approach.   3. Contrast Sigmund Freud’s view of human nature with the view of Abraham Maslow. With which, if either, view do you agree?   4. Altruism refers to behavior that helps others but does not appear to help the person performing the behavior. Describe an example of altruistic behavior, and state how a psychodynamic psychologist might explain the behavior.   Compare and contrast biological psychology and cultural psychology. Explain how and why a biological psychologist and a cultural psychologist might investigate the way people learn a particular behavior.   [Show More]

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