Multiple Choice
Which psychological perspective emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as determinants of human behavior?
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11. Personality
The Psychodynamic Perspective on Personality
Multiple Choice
Which of the following is the study of the unconscious according to the psychodynamic perspective on personality?
A
Humanistic psychology
B
Psychoanalysis
C
Cognitive psychology
D
Behaviorism
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Step 1: Understand the psychodynamic perspective on personality, which emphasizes the role of unconscious processes and early childhood experiences in shaping behavior and personality.
Step 2: Recognize that the study of the unconscious mind is central to this perspective, focusing on how unconscious motives, desires, and conflicts influence behavior.
Step 3: Identify the key approach within the psychodynamic perspective that specifically investigates the unconscious mind—this approach is known as Psychoanalysis.
Step 4: Differentiate Psychoanalysis from other psychological perspectives such as Humanistic psychology (which focuses on conscious experience and self-actualization), Cognitive psychology (which studies mental processes like thinking and memory), and Behaviorism (which focuses on observable behavior and learning).
Step 5: Conclude that the study of the unconscious according to the psychodynamic perspective is best described by Psychoanalysis.
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