CO2 - Individual Differences Area Flashcards
What are the key assumptions of the Individual Differences area?
Looks into why people act differently and why this happens
Studies abnormally and disorders
Outline 3 strengths of the Individual differences area
- enables psychologists to study a wider range of behaviours
- great social benefit
- inform the free will / determinism debate
Outline 3 weaknesses of the Individual differences area
- lacks a defining set of beliefs
- much of the research is socially sensitive
- tools may not always be valid
What does psychodynamic perspective believe are the three levels of out mind?
conscious (what you are currently thinking)
Precociousness (retrieving stored memories)
Unconscious (our drives)
What are the psychosexual stages
oral anal phallic latent genital
Outline three similarities between Freud and Baron Cohen
- Both studies were trying to underpants disorders
- Some data was collected in the participants home
- All participants had normal intelligence
Outline three differences between Freud and Baron Cohen
- Freud only had one participant, Baron Cohen had 76
- Baron Cohens research used a controlled lab experiment while Freud used a case study
- The age difference
What was the aim on Freuds study?
The aim of the study was to report the findings of the treatment of a five-year-old boy for his phobias of horses
Provide evidence in support of his theory of psychosexual development
What type of Method did Freud use?
A case study
Outline 2 strengths of Frued
- the case study gave rich and detailed data
2. useful in revealing origins of abnormal behaviour
Outline 3 weaknesses of Frued
1 Only one participant
- Breaks many ethical guildlines
- very subjective
Outline the ethical issues broken in Frued
No consent
No debried
Not confidential
No right to withdraw
