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