Evaluation of debates- Paper 2 Flashcards
Two strengths of the nature debate
-Avoids ethnocentrism
-Can be considered scientific
Two weaknesses of the nature debate
-Can be reductionist
-Socially sensitive
Two strengths of the nurture debate
-Useful for parents
-Less socially sensitive as supports freewill
Two weaknesses of the nurture debate
-Socially sensitive as children blame parents
-Difficult to isolate one factor as a cause of behaviour
Two strengths of the individual debate
-More scientific as it’s more standardised
-More room for free will which is less socially sensitive
Two weaknesses of the individual debate
-Can be reductionist to assume one individual factor
-Can be socially sensitive as people blame themselves
Two strengths of the situational debate
-Useful as it is possible to alter situations
-Easy to replicate studies into situational factors
Two weaknesses of the situational debate
-Socially sensitive as children blame their parents
-Can be prone to cultural bias making it ethnocentric
Two strengths of the reductionism debate
-More scientific as it only looks into one factor
-Useful in identifying a single factor and providing help
Two weaknesses of the reductionism debate
-Human behaviour is too simple to be reduced to a single factor
-Manipulating single factors can lack ecological validity
Two strengths of the holism debate
-Helps see which behaviours only show when different factors interact
-Gives a greater understanding of what causes behaviour
Two weaknesses of the holism debate
-More difficult to make predictions about behaviour
-Difficult to establish cause and effect
