approaches- ao3

Question 1

what are the strengths of the behavioural approach?

Answer 1

• well controlled research
• used in real life to manage humans behaviour( cbt therapy- systematic desensitisation and flooding)

Question 2

what are the weaknesses of the behaviour approach?

Answer 2

• heavily reliant on artificial laboratory studies- may produce artificial results due to demand characteristics
• case studies use a very small amount of participants- not relaible/ can’t be generalised
• can’t generalise from animals to humans as they aren’t identical

Question 3

what are the strengths of the sl approach?

Answer 3

• recognises that cognitive factors affect behaviour swell as experiences
• used in real life to manage human behaviour and produce more desirable behaviour

Question 4

what are the weaknesses of the sl approach?

Answer 4

• ignores influence of biological factors e.g hormones, genes etc
• heavily reliant on artificial lab studies which may produce artificial results due to demand characteristics

Question 5

what are the strengths of the cognitive approach?

Answer 5

• recognises that cognitive factors affect behaviour
• used in real-life to manage human behaviour e.g- treatments for mental health such as depression and schizophrenia
• recognises that human behaviour can be determined but also the result of free will

Question 6

what are the weaknesses of the cognitive approach?

Answer 6

• ignores influence of emotions
• heavily reliant on lab studies- which are well controlled but often use artificial stimuli e.g- using word list to test memory

Question 7

what are the strengths of the biological approach?

Answer 7

• used in real life to explain and manage human behaviour e.g treatments for mental illnesses
• favours lab studies and use of scans to investigate behaviour- studies are well controlled and produce reliable data

Question 8

what are the weaknesses of the biological approach?

Answer 8

• ignores influence of free will
• fails to recognise the influence of environment

Question 9

what are the strengths of the psychodynamic approach?

Answer 9

• used in real life to explain and manage human behaviour e.g mental illness treatments
• first approach to suggest mental illnesses had a psychological cause rather than biological

Question 10

what are the weaknesses of the psychodynamic approach?

Answer 10

• ignores influence of free will
• over reliance on case studies to investigate behaviour

Question 11

what are the strengths of the humanistic approach?

Answer 11

• used in real life for treatments e.g- mental illness treatments such as person- centred counselling
• only approach to take a holistic approach to explaining human behaviour

Question 12

what are the weaknesses of the humanistic approach?

Answer 12

• difficult to measure concepts e.g- free will
• culturally biased- concepts such as free will, personal growth etc may not apply to collectivist cultures( group based cultures, Middle East countries)