Individual Differences

Question 1

What are the strengths of the Individual Differences Approach?

Answer 1

May help us find explanations for why people are different and reduce prejudice and discrimination.

Question 2

What are the weaknesses of the Individual Differences Approach?

Answer 2

Small samples due to rarity of participants and may lack generalisability
May be susceptible to ethical problems such as exploitation of participants

Question 3

Similarities of I.D + Developmental

Answer 3

Both agree childhood can effect adulthood

Both can be guilty of ethical problems

Question 4

Differences of I.D and Developmental

Answer 4

I.D focuses on what is happening now whereas Dev tends to focus on childhood

Question 5

Similarities of I.D and Physiological

Answer 5

Some practical applications to treatments of disorders

Both assume organic causes for abnormal behaviour

Question 6

Difference between I.D and Physicological

Answer 6

Physiological - basing all abnormality on physical and biological causes, I.D does not
Physiological - nature only

Question 7

Similarities between I.D and Psychodynamic

Answer 7

Treatments developed for many disorders

Ethnocentric

Question 8

Differences between I.D and Psychodynamic

Answer 8

Psycho - childhood experience effects adulthood and can lead to mental health problems, I.D lots of factors contribute.
I.D - useful, Psycho - Not useful

Question 9

Similarities between I.D and Behavourial

Answer 9

Development of treatments - practical applications

Use of small rare samples can effect the generalisability of research

Question 10

Differences between I.D and Behavioural

Answer 10

Behaviourists use experiments - can make cause and effect claims, I.D do not.

Question 11

What is the Individual Differences Approach?

Answer 11

Focuses on individual characteristics of individuals + make generalisations about differences between people.