Outline Of Debates

Question 1

Assumptions of Nature Debate?

Answer 1

Behaviour is caused by innate characteristics

Determiner - All behaviour is inherited

Question 2

Assumptions of Nurture Debate?

Answer 2

Behaviour is determined by our environment

Question 3

Research is useful if it ….? (D.R.U.G.V)

Answer 3

Develops therapies
Provokes further research
Generalisable
Valid

Question 4

Assumptions of Free Will debate

Answer 4

A person has control over their behaviour
Responsible for their own Actions
Behaviour is not predictable

Question 5

Assumptions of Determinism

Answer 5

Behaviour is controlled by forces outside our control
Behaviour is predictable
Behaviour is controllable

Question 6

Assumptions of the Behaviourist perspective

Answer 6

We are products of our environment

We acquire our behaviour through learning

Question 7

Strengths of the Behaviourist perspective

Answer 7

Practical Applications - understanding of observational learning

Scientific - many use standardised procedures

Question 8

What studies fall under the psychodynamic perspective

Answer 8

Freud, Kolberg and Hancock