Psych evaluations

Question 1

Humanistic - scientific method

Answer 1

• concepts are difficult to operationalise and to abstract to test
• e.g self actualisation
• lack of empirical evidence that can be used to validate the theory

Question 2

Humanistic - economic growth

Answer 2

Hagerty (1999) looked at the relationship between economic growth

Question 3

Humanistic - china

Answer 3

Nevis - china study - belongings and self actualisation

Question 4

Behaviorism - study’s

Answer 4

Skinner - rat
pavlov - dog
research support = validity

Question 5

Behaviourism - generalisability

Answer 5

• not generalisable to humans we think cognitively rather than passively

Question 6

Behaviourism - real life uses

Answer 6

• token economy system in prisons
• suggests validity

Question 7

Psychodynamic - case study

Answer 7

• lacks scientific rigour
• methods used are subjective
• e.g case studies
• lack of representivness

Question 8

Psychodynamic - lack of falsifiability

Answer 8

• focuses on the unconscious
• can’t conduct empirical research
• not valid

Question 9

Lof - weakness study

Answer 9

Lashley

Question 10

Lof - case study

Answer 10

Finesse Gage