Linking Approaches+Debates

Question 1

Behavioural Approach

Answer 1

Cultural bias, Hard determinism, Nurture, Reductionist (least), Nomothetic, social sensitive of consent as they test animals and babies, scientific with empirical objectives, theory construction and a paradigm shift, replicability

Question 2

Social Learning Theory

Answer 2

Both bias, soft determinism, nurture, holistic, nomothetic, social sensitive on aggression as it assumes violence, scientific with theory construction and empirical objectives, replicability

Question 3

Biological

Answer 3

Gender bias, hard determinism, nature, reductionist (most), nomothetic, social sensitivity of eugenics and SSRIs, scientific with controlled variables, theory construction, empirical objectives and replicability

Question 4

Cognitive

Answer 4

Both biases, soft determinism, both nature nurture, reductionist, nomothetic, social issues of CBT looking at now rather than past experiences, scientific due to theory construction, empirical objectives and controlled variables

Question 5

Psychodynamic

Answer 5

Both biases, hard determinism, both but more nature than nurture, holism, both nomothetic and idiographic, sensitive issue of role of the father and mother, not scientific but involves theory construction

Question 6

Humanism

Answer 6

Cultural bias, free will, nurture, holism, idiographic, social issue of self actualisation creating deviation from ideal mental health when its hard to achieve, theory construction and paradigm shift but no scientific methods

Question 7

Introspection

Answer 7

Cultural bias, determinism, both nature/nurture, holistic, idiographic, no sensitive topics, theory construction and paradigm shift