Approaches - comparison of approaches Flashcards
Comparisons including: nature vs nurture, free will vs determinism, holism vs reductionism, nomothetic vs idiographic, research methods and practical applications
1
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what categories does the behaviourist approach fall under?
A
- nurture (tabula rosa)
- environmental determinism
- environmental reductionism
- nomothetic (generalisation to animals)
2
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what categories does the biological approach fall under?
A
- nature (innate factors)
- biological determinism
- biological reductionism
- nomothetic (generalises)
3
Q
what categories does the social learning approach fall under?
A
- nurture (observational learning)
- soft determinism (observation but mediational processes = free will)
- holistic in combining observation with mediational processes but reductionist in how they study behaviour
- nomothetic
4
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what categories does the cognitive approach fall under?
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- nature (mental processes) and nurture (schemas)
- soft determinism (we have choice of what we pay attention to)
- machine reductionism (computer models)
- nomothetic and idiographic (case studies - KF, HM)
5
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what categories does the psychodynamic approach fall under?
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- mainly nature (innate), slightly nurture (childhood experiences)
- psychic determinism (internal unconscious mind)
- reductionist
- nomothetic (general laws), idiographic (case studies - Little Hans)
6
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what categories does the humanist approach fall under?
A
- nurture mainly (unconditional support) but nature (innate drive)
- free will
- holistic
- mainly idiographic but nomothetic in general laws (hierarchy of needs, etc)
