EVALUATION OF PSYCHO APPROACH

Question 1

NATURE/ NURTURE

Answer 1

• takes into account both nature and nurture
• personality innate drives and childhood experiences
• id ego superego
• psychosexual stages

Question 2

USEFULNESS

Answer 2

• highlights that childhood is a critical period of development
• personality affected by this
• ideas Freud our forward influenced therapies treating mental disorders
• eg psychoanalysis
• helps understand mental health eg caused by childhood trauma

Question 3

HOLISTIC

Answer 3

• shows human behaviour is complex
• recognises behaviour is influenced by multiple factors which cannot be separated
• seeks to uncover deep meanings not just deal with symptoms
• understanding behaviour is a lengthy process

Question 4

REDUCTIONIST

Answer 4

• ‘mechanistic reductionist’
• ignores factors such as genes and biochemistry
• refrigerator mother

Question 5

DETERMINISTIC

Answer 5

• ## states we have no free will as child behaviour influenced by libido adulthood influenced by childhoood experiences

Question 6

SCIENTIFIC

Answer 6

• FORCE