Question

Dr. Zakaria, a young faculty member at Soujourner University, is interested in how personal characteristics such as hopefulness, trustworthiness, and kindness affect self-perceived happiness. Dr. Zakaria is most likely a __________.A) cognitive psychologist.
B) positive psychologist.
C) psychoanalyst.
D) social psychologist.

Answer 1

Answer:

B) positive psychologist.

Explanation:

-Cognitive psychologist focuses on studying mental processes and understanding how someone processes and remembers information.

-Positive psychologist focuses on studying the things that help people to be succesful trying to understand positive emotions like happiness.

-Psychoanalyst focuses on analyzing people's past experiences that have unconsciously influenced their current behavior.

-Social psychologist focuses on analyzing people's behavior in a social environment.

According to this, the answer is that Dr. Zakaria is most likely a positive psychologist.