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