Question

hans is studying differences in memory between someone who has had 4 hours of sleep and someone who has had 8 hours of sleep. based on this information, which approach to psychology does hans’s research best reflect?
○ cognitive
○ behavioral neuroscience
○ evolutionary
○ behavioral

Explanation:

1. Analyze each option:

• Cognitive: Focuses on mental processes like thinking, memory, etc., but not specifically on biological/neural bases of behavior. Hans's study is about how sleep (a biological factor) affects memory, so not just cognitive.
• Behavioral neuroscience: Examines the biological (including neural, physiological like sleep) bases of behavior and mental processes. Studying how sleep duration (a physiological state) affects memory (a mental process) aligns with this approach, as it links biological factors (sleep) to behavior/cognition (memory).
• Evolutionary: Focuses on how behaviors evolved over time to increase survival/reproduction. Hans's study is about immediate effects of sleep, not evolution.
• Behavioral: Focuses on observable behavior and learning through conditioning. Hans's study involves internal mental processes (memory) and biological factors (sleep), not just observable behavior or conditioning.

Answer:

B. behavioral neuroscience