Approaches comparisons

Question 1

Behaviourist

Answer 1

-behaviour learnt through conditioning
-nurture, learnt environment
-hard environmental determinism
-experiments, controlled observations, objective, systematic

Question 2

SLT

Answer 2

-behaviour learned through observation and imitation
-nurture, learnt from environment
-environmental hard determinism
-uses experiments eg. bobo dolls

Question 3

Cognitive

Answer 3

-all behaviour preceded by thoughts
-nature as due to innate thought processes
-nurture as we interact with environment which develops thoughts and beliefs
-free will as we chose our thought processes
-experiments, controlled observations, objective
-unobservable so may have to infer

Question 4

Biological

Answer 4

-nature- behaviour due to genes etc
-hard determinism
-scientific experiments, brain scans etc.

Question 5

Humanistic

Answer 5

-emphasises importance of subjective experience
-nurture as is within the environment an individual seeks to reach personal growth
-free will as we have control and are capable of change
-rejects scientific methods, untestable concepts, lack of empirical support

Question 6

Psychodynamic

Answer 6

-behaviour due to early childhood experience
-nature as driven by innate drives
-psychic determinism- determined by unconscious forces rooted in childhood
-use of case studies, rejects science, subjective, untestable concepts