COMPARISON OF APPROACHES

Question 1

BEHAVIOURIST VS HUMANISTIC

Answer 1

• BOTH USE OBSERVATIONAL METHODS
• BEHAVIOURIST MORE SCIENTIFIC
• IDIOGRAPHIC VS NOMOTHETIC (CASE STUDIES)
• HUMANISTIC FOCUS ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Question 2

BEHAVIOURIST VS PSYCHODYNAMIC

Answer 2

BOTH NOMOTHETIC
BOTH HAD APPLICATIONS IN THERAPY
BOTH HAD HUGE IMPACTS ON PSYCHOLOGY
FREUD USE CASE STUDIES

Question 3

BEHAVIOURIST VS SLT

Answer 3

HARD DETERMINISM VS SOFT DETERMINISM
NURTURE
NOMOTHETIC

Question 4

PSYCHODYNAMIC VS HUMANISTIC

Answer 4

NOMOTHETIC VS IDIOGRAPHIC
PSYCHODYNAMIC ARGUES NATURE, VS HUMANISTIC ARGUES NURTURE
BOTH REJECT SCIENTIC METHODS
BOTH USE CASE STUDIES

Question 5

PSYCHODYNMAIC VS SLT

Answer 5

PSYCHIC DETERMINISM VS SOFT DETERMINISM
PSYCHODYNAMIC ARGUES NATURE, SLT ARGUES NURTURE
SLT USES SCIENTIFIC METHODS, WHILST PSYCHODYNAMIC USES CASE STUDIES

Question 6

HUMANISTIC VS SLT

Answer 6

FREE WILL VS SOFT DETERMINISM
BOTH AGREE ON NURTURE
SLT NOMOTHETIC, HUMANISTIC IDIOGRAPHIC
SLT USES MOSTLY SCIENTFIC METHODS, WHILST HUMANISTIC REJECTS THESE

Question 7

HOW TO TACKLE COMPARISON OF APPROACHES QUESTIONS:

Answer 7

• Similarities and differences (issues and debates or evaluation points e.g ‘they both have key practical applications..)
• If the question asks you to outline a key approach and THEN compare – do 2 paras on A01 for that theory, and then move on to the comparison (x 3 points)
• You have to PEEL on both AO3 points, and issue and debate points (they are both determinist… this is seen for example…. This is then seen…. This demonstrates that both these approaches…)