Question

question 14 2 pts which of the following approaches to psychology best explains adaptation, reproduction, and natural selection as the basis for specific human behaviors? ○ the cognitive approach ○ the evolutionary approach ○ the psychoanalytic approach ○ the behavioral approach

Explanation:

• The cognitive approach focuses on mental processes like thinking, memory, etc., not adaptation/reproduction.
• The evolutionary approach uses concepts of natural selection, adaptation, and reproduction to explain human behaviors (how behaviors that aid survival/reproduction are passed on).
• The psychoanalytic approach emphasizes unconscious mind and early childhood, not natural selection.
• The behavioral approach focuses on observable behavior and learning, not evolutionary concepts.

Answer:

B. The evolutionary approach