Core Studies Flashcards
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What are the assumptions of the social approach?
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The situation influences behaviour, thought processes and emotions.
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What is social psychology?
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Social psychology looks at how other people influence us and our behaviour.
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What is physiological psychology? (2)
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Physiological psychology focuses on how our behaviour, thought patterns and emotional responses are affected by our biology.
It also examines how our experience affects our biology.
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What are the assumptions of the physiological approach?
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- All behaviour has a biological cause (genetics, hormones, neurotransmitters, nervous system and brain structure)
- Behaviour can be looked at in terms of electrical and chemical activity in the brain and body.
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What is Individual Differences Approach?
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It looks at how individual people differ in their behaviour and personal qualities rather than looking for generalisations.
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What are the assumptions of the individual differences approach?
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- People are unique and differ from each other in many ways.
- We learn a lot about human behaviour by considering all behaviours, even unusual ones.
- Focusing on the differences within each group as regards behaviour and personality can be as useful as looking at the average.
- Generalisations about behaviour only tell us so much.
