✓ Comparison of Approaches (AO1 + Essay Plan) Flashcards
Cognitive Approach -
Nature vs. Nurture
Nature - cog. neuroscience & schemas in brain
vs.
Nurture - schemas based on lived experiences
Cognitive Approach -
Free Will vs. Determinism
Soft Determinism - choice in what we see in our environment (schemas)
vs.
Hard Determinism - cog. neuroscience
Cognitive Approach -
Holism vs. Reductionism
Reductionism - machine reductionist/ computer analogy
Cognitive Approach -
Nomothetic vs. Idiographic
Nomothetic - brain scans/general laws
Cognitive Approach -
Treatments for Abnormal Behaviour
CBT
Behaviourist Approach -
Nature vs. Nurture
Nurture - classical/operant conditioning
Behaviourist Approach -
Free Will vs. Determinism
Hard Determinism - behaviour caused by oc/cc
Behaviourist Approach -
Holism vs. Reductionism
Reductionism - reduces behaviour to stimulus-response/ associations (environmental reductionism)
Behaviourist Approach -
Nomothetic vs. Idiographic
Nomothetic - animal studies (Pavlov’s dogs & Skinner’s rats)
vs.
Idiographic - case studies (Little Albert)
Behaviourist Approach -
Treatments for Abnormal Behaviour
systematic desensitisation for phobias
Social Learning Theory -
Nature vs. Nurture
Nature - mediational processes (retention)
vs.
Nurture - role models in our environment
Social Learning Theory -
Free Will vs. Determinism
Soft Determinism - role models determine our behaviour BUT we also have choice in who our role models are
Social Learning Theory -
Holism vs. Reductionism
Holism - range of mediational processes
vs.
Reductionism - reduces behaviour to being caused by role models
Social Learning Theory -
Nomothetic vs. Idiographic
Nomothetic - Bandura’s bobo dolls
Social Learning Theory -
Treatments for Abnormal Behaviour
good role models