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