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Approaches: Comparisons of approaches Flashcards

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What are the 4 comparisons for approaches?

A

Nature v Nurture
Holism v Reductionism
Free will v Determinism
Commitment to scientific method

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What approaches favour the nature side of the nature/nurture debate?

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Biological

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What evidence is there to show that the biological approach favours the nature side?

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The activity of genes, hormones and neurotransmitters is inherited/ innate.

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What approaches favour the nurture side of the nature/nurture debate?

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Behaviorist
SLT
Humanistic

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What evidence is there to show that the behaviourist approach favours the nurture side?

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Behaviour is learnt through experience (stimulus-response links)
Nurture

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What evidence is there to show that SLT favours the nature side?

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Behaviour is learnt through observation and imitation of an identified role model within a social context.

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What evidence is there to show that the humanistic approach favours the nature side?

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A lack of unconditional positive regard in childhood, due to implemented conditions of worth, leads to low self-esteem and feelings of worthlessness

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What approaches favour both sides of the nature/nurture debate?

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Cognitive
Psychodynamic

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What evidence is there to show that the cognitive approach favours the both sides?

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Babies are born with a select few innate schemas (e.g., schemas) but develop other sophisticated schemas over time.

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What evidence is there to show that the psychodynamic approach favours the both sides?

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Focuses on the nature side of human behaviour in the unconscious forces and the conflicts that we must all deal with.

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What approaches favour the holistic side of the holism v reductionism?

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Humanistic

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What evidence is there for holism in the humanistic approach?

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the whole, subjective human experience is used to study behaviour without formulating general laws.

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What approaches favour the reductionist side of the holism v reductionism?

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Behaviourist
SLT
Cognitive
Biological
Psychodynamic

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What evidence is there for reductionism in the behaviourist approach?

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Environmental Reductionism – all behaviour is explained in terms of simple stimulus-response links.

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What evidence is there for reductionism in SLT approach?

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Reductionist view that behaviour can be explained in terms of classical conditions, operant conditioning and vicarious reinforcement.

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What evidence is there for reductionism in the cognitive approach?

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Reductionist view that behaviour can be explained in terms of influence of schemas.

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What evidence is there for reductionism in the biological approach?

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Biological reductionism – behaviour can only be explained by the actions of genes, hormones and neurotransmitters

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What evidence is there for reductionism in the psychodynamic approach?

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Reductionist as it relies on a basic set of structures that attempt to simplify the complexity of the mind.

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What approaches favour the free will side of free will v determinism?

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Humanistic

20
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What evidence is there for free will in the humanistic approach?

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Humans are free to reject external forces that operate on us because we are ‘masters ‘of our own development.

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What approaches favour the determinism side of the free will v determinism debate?

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Behaviourist
SLT
Cognitive
Biological
Psychodynamic

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What evidence is there for determinism in the behaviourist approach?

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Environmental Determinism – all behaviour is the result of classical and operant conditioning, where we have no conscious insight into our behaviour.

23
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What evidence is there for determinism in SLT approach?

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Reciprocal Determinism – We operate on the environment, but the environment in turn operates on us.

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What evidence is there for determinism in the cognitive approach?

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Soft Determinism – We are free to make conscious decisions and reason with the limit of what we know/ our cognitive system.

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What evidence is there for determinism in the biological approach?

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Biological Determinism – All behaviour is caused by internal biological forces, which we have no control over.

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What evidence is there for determinism in the psychodynamic approach?

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Psychic Determinism – views behaviour as entirely caused by unconscious emotional drives over which we have no control over.

27
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What approaches show a negative commitment to the scientific method?

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Humanistic

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What evidence is there to show that the humanistic approach has a negative commitment to the scientific method?

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Humanistic psychologists argue that scientific research methods are derived from a suited for the natural sciences but aren’t appropriate for the complexities of human consciousness and experience.

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What approaches show a positive commitment to the scientific method?

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Behaviourist
SLT
Cognitive
Biological
Psychodynamic

30
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What evidence is there to show that the behaviourist approach has a positive commitment to the scientific method?

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Highly objective and experimentally based – by focusing only on responses that can be accurately measured.

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What evidence is there to show that SLT has a positive commitment to the scientific method?

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Research investigations are reliable and allow a cause and effect to be drawn. However, this does mean that that research tends to be carried out in artificial settings and so can lack validity.

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What evidence is there to show that the cognitive approach has a positive commitment to the scientific method?

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Most prepositions can be easily tested. However, mental processes are largely unobservable.

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What evidence is there to show that the biological approach has a positive commitment to the scientific method?

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The influence of neurotransmitters in a behaviour can be investigated by administering drugs which change the levels of a particular neurotransmitter in the brain and then measuring any change in behaviour.

34
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What approaches show a mixed commitment to the scientific method?

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Psychodynamic

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What evidence is there to show that the psychodynamic approach has a mixed commitment to the scientific method?

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Some aspects of this approach are open to scientific investigation, there tends to be a much greater reliance on case studies and subjective interpretation.

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