Question

Penny is a recovering drug addict. Her treatment program emphasizes the influence of stimuli and reinforcers in the environment-"people, places, and things"- on her use of her drug of choice. Her program reflects the ______ perspective is psychology.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: Behavioral perspective

Behavioural perspective of psychology believe that the behaviour that displayed by people is a direct result of their interraction with the environment that they are familiar with. For example, a kid that grow up in an environment where crime rate is high would have higher chance to conduct similar activity due to higher exposure compared to the kid that grow up on good neighborhood.