individual vs. situational Flashcards
1
Q
What is an individual explanation?
A
- specific things about an individual
- personality, genes, unique traits (consistent)
- dispositional factors
2
Q
What is a situational explanation?
A
- suggests all individuals are effected similarly by the surrounding environment (inconsistent)
3
Q
What is Interactionism?
A
a combination of both individual and situational factors
4
Q
What areas of psychology link to the individual side of the debate?
A
- individual differences
- psychodynamic perspective
- biological area
5
Q
What areas of psychology link to the situational side of the debate?
A
- social area
- behaviourist perspective
6
Q
What areas of psychology link to interactionism?
A
- cognitive area
- developmental area
7
Q
What are the weaknesses of this debate?
A
- socially sensitive explanations (individual)
- both sides remove free will = deterministic
- ungeneralisable results (individual)
- too reductionist
8
Q
What are the strengths of this debate?
A
- practical applications - therapy (individual)
- scientific methods = more reliable (individual)
