Debates, perspectives and areas Flashcards
1
Q
What are the two perspectives in psychology?
A
Behavioural and psychodynamic
2
Q
What study’s relate to the behavioural perspective?
A
Bandura
Chaney
3
Q
What study relates to the psychodynamic perspective?
A
Freud
4
Q
Name the 8 debates
A
Nature/nurture Free will/determinism Reductionism/holism Individual/situational Psychology as a science Ethical considerations Usefulness/research Socially sensitive research
5
Q
What is classical conditioning?
A
Associating a stimulus that triggers a response with another stimulus, so the latter comes to trigger the response
6
Q
What is operant conditioning?
A
Learning by consequences of actions. Good consequences the behaviour is more likely to be repeated vice versa
7
Q
Weakness of behavioural perspective
A
It’s reductionist- ignores mental processes
8
Q
Weaknesses of psychodynamic
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Poor research methodology- small sample
