Scientific

Question 1

Biological Approach

Answer 1

Scientific
* - Eg Raine AO1
* - Therefore used PET scans to test hypothesis and find murderers had structural diff eg PFC and amygdala

Scientific
* - Eg Barzman et al - hormones in saliva related to agg and found amount of cortisol higher in boys who agg
* Therefore levels of cortisol in quantitative data that is objective and can be measured to see its influence on agg

Question 2

Psychodynamic Approach

Answer 2

Not scientific
* - Eg freuds work was based on case studies eg little hans behaviour during phallic stage towards his father
* - Therefore freud interpreted qualitative and so behaviour is subjective

Not scientific
* - Freud explained concepts that have very little scientific credibility such as the unconscious, id, ego, superego
* - Therefore concepts not measurable and cannot be tested

Question 3

Clinical Psychology

Answer 3

Scientific
* - Concepts can be measured - eg dopamine hypothesis can be tested by analysing dop levels to understand it as a cause of SZ
* - Therefore scientific as levels of dopamine are objective and can be measured to see that dop has a role in causing SZ

Not Scientific
* - Cant tell whether increased dop sensitivity casue of SZ or whether developing illness changes brain chem
* - Therefore no cause and effect can be established as influence of dop on SZ is a correlational relationship

Not Scientific
* - Social drift hypothesis - hard to separate environmental factors to see if they cause sz or if factors eg unemployment are a result of sz
* - Therefore also no cause or effect can be established as relationship between social factors and SZ is correlational

Not Scientific
* - Eg sue and sue found many asian american don’t like to take about emotions and admit they have a problem
* Therefore diagnosis not S if patients are not giving detailed information on their symptoms so clinicians can’t give valid diagnosis

Question 4

Social Psychology

Answer 4

Scientific
* - Milgram - well controlled procedures AO1
* - Therefore reliable…accurate conclusions drawn

Not Scientific
* - Milgram AO1
* - Therefore lacked task ecological validity and not Generalisable