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