"Human beings sleep at night instead of in the daytime to protect themselves from nocturnal predators and from injuring themselves while stumbling around in the darkness. These behaviors ensure our survival and our ability to procreate."
This statement is one that would be made by a person who favors the ________ perspective in psychology.
a) evolutionary
b) humanistic
c) cognitive
d) existential
ANS: A, The evolutionary perspective focuses on those traits which are adaptive and have survived from generation to generation for the better function and survival of a species.
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