✓ Comparison of Approaches (AO1 + Essay Plan) Flashcards

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Cognitive Approach -
Nature vs. Nurture

A

Nature - cog. neuroscience & schemas in brain
vs.
Nurture - schemas based on lived experiences

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Cognitive Approach -
Free Will vs. Determinism

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Soft Determinism - choice in what we see in our environment (schemas)
vs.
Hard Determinism - cog. neuroscience

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Cognitive Approach -
Holism vs. Reductionism

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Reductionism - machine reductionist/ computer analogy

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Cognitive Approach -
Nomothetic vs. Idiographic

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Nomothetic - brain scans/general laws

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5
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Cognitive Approach -
Treatments for Abnormal Behaviour

A

CBT

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Behaviourist Approach -
Nature vs. Nurture

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Nurture - classical/operant conditioning

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Behaviourist Approach -
Free Will vs. Determinism

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Hard Determinism - behaviour caused by oc/cc

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Behaviourist Approach -
Holism vs. Reductionism

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Reductionism - reduces behaviour to stimulus-response/ associations (environmental reductionism)

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Behaviourist Approach -
Nomothetic vs. Idiographic

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Nomothetic - animal studies (Pavlov’s dogs & Skinner’s rats)
vs.
Idiographic - case studies (Little Albert)

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Behaviourist Approach -
Treatments for Abnormal Behaviour

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systematic desensitisation for phobias

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Social Learning Theory -
Nature vs. Nurture

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Nature - mediational processes (retention)
vs.
Nurture - role models in our environment

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Social Learning Theory -
Free Will vs. Determinism

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Soft Determinism - role models determine our behaviour BUT we also have choice in who our role models are

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Social Learning Theory -
Holism vs. Reductionism

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Holism - range of mediational processes
vs.
Reductionism - reduces behaviour to being caused by role models

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Social Learning Theory -
Nomothetic vs. Idiographic

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Nomothetic - Bandura’s bobo dolls

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15
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Social Learning Theory -
Treatments for Abnormal Behaviour

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good role models

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Biological Approach -
Nature vs. Nurture

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Nature - genes/ neurotransmitters/ brain structure/ evolution determines behaviour

17
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Biological Approach -
Free Will vs. Determinism

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Hard Determinism - all behaviour caused by genes etc.
(biological determinism)

18
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Biological Approach -
Holism vs. Reductionism

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Reductionism - reduces behaviour to small parts (genes etc.)
(biological reductionism)

19
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Biological Approach -
Nomothetic vs. Idiographic

A

Nomothetic - twin studies & general laws abt genes etc.

20
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Biological Approach -
Treatments for Abnormal Behaviour

A

drugs e.g. SSRI’s

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Psychodynamic Approach -
Nature vs. Nurture

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Nature - tripartite model (id, ego, superego)
vs.
Nurture - based on early childhood experiences

22
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Psychodynamic Approach -
Free Will vs. Determinism

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Hard Determinism - id causes behaviour (psychic determinism)

23
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Psychodynamic Approach -
Holism vs. Reductionism

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Reductionism - reduces mind to id, ego, superego

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Psychodynamic Approach -
Nomothetic vs. Idiographic

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Nomothetic - general laws e.g. psychosexual stages of development
vs.
Idiographic - case studies (Little Hans)

25
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Psychodynamic Approach -
Treatments for Abnormal Behaviour

A

talking therapies
e.g. psychoanalysis - dream analysis

26
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Humanistic Approach -
Nature vs. Nurture

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Nurture - conditions of worth, parts of hierarchy of needs (safety, physiological etc.)

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Humanistic Approach -
Free Will vs. Determinism

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Free Will - we have choice abt reaching self-actualisation

28
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Humanistic Approach -
Holism vs. Reductionism

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Holism - takes into account the whole individual

29
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Humanistic Approach -
Nomothetic vs. Idiographic

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Idiographic - treats people individually

30
Q

Humanistic Approach -
Treatments for Abnormal Behaviour

A

CCT

31
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How to Structure Essay for ‘Comparison of Approaches’?

A

Given 2 Approaches to compare & describe 1 of the Approaches:

AO1 - Describe Approach 1 (6 marks)

AO3 - 4 PEELs (10 marks)
- Similarity between 2 Approaches
- Similarity “
- Difference “
- Difference “