OVERVIEW OF THE FOUR APPROACHES - SUMMARY

Question 1

COGNITIVE APPROACH (assumption 1)

Answer 1

Information processing and behaviour
( view that humans are processors of information)

Question 2

COGNITIVE APPROACH (assumption 2)

Answer 2

The computer analogy
(we learn like computers : Input -> Processing -> Output

Question 3

SOCIAL APPROACH (assumption 1)

Answer 3

Behaviour in a social context
(social psychologists believe behaviour is best understood considering influence of others)

Question 3

SOCIAL APPROACH (assumption 2)

Answer 3

Influence of culture and society
(behaviour can be influenced by where you are from)

Question 3

LEARNING APPROACH (assumption 1 )

Answer 3

Behaviour is learned from the enviroment
(all behaviour results from direct enviromental experience)

Question 4

LEARNING APPROACH (assumption 2)

Answer 4

Behaviour is learned from observation and imitation
( Bandura - nuture argumment)

Question 5

BIOLOGICAL APPROACH (assumption 1)

Answer 5

Behaviour is influenced by our biology
(nervous system, genes, neurochemistry)

Question 6

BIOLOGICAL APPROACH (assumption 2)

Answer 6

Behaviour is a product of evolution