Emergence Of Psychology As A Science

Question 1

Approaches?

Answer 1

Behaviourist
Cognitive
Biological
Humanist
Psychodynamic

Question 2

Advantages

Answer 2

uses scientific methods
- can investigate theories in an objective way
- explain behaviour and develop laws objectively
- helped psychology become its own scientific discipline

Question 3

Limitations

Answer 3

not all approaches use objective methods
- Humanists prefer to focus on the individual and their subjective experiences, rejecting the scientific approach
- Psychodynamic approach uses the case study method which does not use representative samples
- Humans are used– susceptible to demand characteristics
- objective approach not always possible or desirable