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Comparison of Approaches Flashcards

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What 6 criteria are the approaches judged against?

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FNRISA:
1) Free will v Determinism
2) Nature v Nurture
3) Reductionism v Holism
4) Idiographic v Nomothetic
5) Scientific
6) Applications

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What do idiographic and nomothetic mean?

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  • Idiographic = Individual laws within a theory
  • Nomothetic = Creates universal laws
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What criteria does the biological approach fit under? (FNRISA)

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  • Biological determinism
  • Nature
  • Biological reductionism
  • Nomothetic
  • Scientific
  • Drug treatments eg SSRI
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What criteria does the behaviourist approach fit under? (FNRISA)

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  • Environmental determinism
  • Nurture
  • Environmental reductionism
  • Nomothetic
  • Scientific
  • SD, flooding, Token economy
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What criteria does the behaviourist approach fit under? (FNRISA)

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  • Environmental determinism
  • Nurture
  • Environmental reductionism
  • Nomothetic
  • Scientific
  • SD, flooding, Token economy
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What criteria does the social learning theory fit under? (FNRISA)

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  • Soft determinism
  • Nurture
  • Holistic
  • Nomothetic
  • Mostly scientific
  • Age ratings on video games
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What criteria does the cognitive approach fit under? (FNRISA)

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  • Soft determinism
  • Nature and nurture
  • Holistic
  • Nomothetic and idiographic
  • Mostly scientific
  • CBT, REBT
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What criteria does the psychodynamic approach fit under? (FNRISA)

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  • Psychic determinism
  • Nature and nurture
  • Holistic
  • Nomothetic and idiographic
  • Not scientific
  • Psychotherapy
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What criteria does the psychodynamic approach fit under? (FNRISA)

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  • Psychic determinism
  • Nature and nurture
  • Holistic
  • Nomothetic and idiographic
  • Not scientific
  • Psychotherapy
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What criteria does the humanistic approach fit under? (FNRISA)

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  • Free will
  • Nurture
  • Holistic
  • Idiographic
  • Not scientific
  • Counselling
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What criteria does the humanistic approach fit under? (FNRISA)

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  • Free will
  • Nurture
  • Holistic
  • Idiographic
  • Not scientific
  • Counselling
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