Relier Pairs Psychological ApproachesVersion en ligne the approaches to psychology par Chelsea Chavez 1 evolutionary approach 2 biopsychosocial approach 3 structuralism 4 behavioral approach 5 sociocultural approach 6 functionalism 7 psychodynamic approach 8 humanistic approach 9 cognitive approach 10 biological approach focusing on body, especially brain and nervous system examines the ways in which social and cultural environment influences behavior the scientific study of observable behavioral responses and their environmental determinants biological, psychological, and social factors are all significant adaptation, reproduction, natural selection; evolutionary ideas for explaining behaviors unconscious thought conflict between biological drives and society's demands and early childhood family experiences knowing how we direct attention, perceive, remember, think, and solve problems mental processes, emphasizing functions and purposes of the mind and behavior in the individual's adaptation to the environment; William James discovering the basic elements, or structures, of mental processes; Wilhelm Wundt a person's positive qualities, capacity for growth, and freedom to choose destiny