Approaches Comparison Flashcards
Biological approach- nature vs nurture
The approach argues that behaviour is determined by genes which we are born with
Biological approach- reductionism vs Hollism
Biological reductionism- the approach reduces behaviour to biological structures and processes
Biological approach- ideographic vs nomothetic
Nomothetic- the approach suggests that humans share similar physiology and that we can make universal laws regarding behaviour
Biological approach- scientific
The approach promotes scientific methods of investigation
Biological approach- real world applications
The approach has led to the development of drug therapies to treat disorders such as OCD
Behaviourist approach- free will vs determinism the approach suggests that behaviour is determined by stimulus response conditioning
Environmental determinism
Behaviourist approach- nature vs nurture
Nurture- the approach argues that humans are born as blank slates and behaviour is learnt
Behaviourist approach- reductionism vs Hollism
Environment reductionism- the approach reduces behaviour to simple stimulus response associations
Behaviourist approach- idiographic vs nomothetic
Nomothetic p- the approach creates general laws of behaviour
The behaviourist approach- scientific
Scientific- the behaviourist approach uses scientific methods to investigate concepts such as classical conditioning
Behavourist approach- real world applications
The approach has led to the development of treatments such as systematic desensitisation
Social learning theory- free will vs determinism
Determinism- it acknowledges the role of environmental forces by suggests humans have some free will
Social learning theory- nature vs nurture
Nurture- behaviour is learnt
Social learning theory- idiographic vs nomothetic
Nomothetic- aims to establish general laws of behaviour
Social learning theory- scientific
Mostly scientific- used scientific method of investigations which the researcher can replicate
