bio approach evaluation Flashcards
1
Q
What is strength 1
and why
A
Objective (not influenced by any researcher bias)
2
Q
Example of why bio is objective
A
Kahn measured effect of BZs on anxiety in comparison to a placebo group and concluded they are superior in treating anxiety
3
Q
What is strength 2 and why
A
Useful applications
psychosurgery
4
Q
Weakness 1 and why
A
Reductionist
stress to hormone adrenaline etc
5
Q
Weakness 2 and why
A
Nomothetic - looks to make generalisations and universal laws - ethnocentric