This is a breakdown of what to include for Assignment 1 and 2 of Unit 11 Psychological Perspectives. It includes P1, P2, P3, P4, M1, M2 & D1. This is to help you write your own assignment. Hope it helps xx
P1: Explain how psychological perspectives are applied to the understanding of human
behaviour.
● Begin with introduction to each approach
● Explain all six approaches
● Key figures for each perspective
● Main assumptions (what they say influences human development the most)
● You need to explain whether each approach is nature, idiographic or nomothetic,
continuity or discontinuity (pages 11 - 13)
● Remember to PEEL (point, expand, explain and link)
P2: Explain how psychological perspectives contribute to the understanding of specific human
behaviour.
● List the specific behaviours: Violence and aggression, depression, PTSD, addition
● Explain how these different perspectives explain these specific behaviours
● For the psychodynamic approach, explain the concept of weak superego, deviant
superego and excessively strong superego
● For the behaviourist approach, explain the concept of phobias
● For the biological approach, explain the concept of violence and aggression
● For the cognitive approach, explain depression or anti-social behaviour in individuals
M1: Analyse the contribution of psychological perspectives to the understanding and
behaviours.
● Provide evidence for previous assumptions for each approach
● Pick three perspectives
● Strengths and weaknesses of each approach
● Remember to elaborate on why a strength is a strength, a weakness is a weakness and
provide evidence
● For each strength and weakness, explain what it means for the perspectives’ assumption
on human behaviour
D1: Evaluate the role of psychological perspectives in the understanding of human development
and the management and treatment of service users’ behaviour.
For Andy’s case study
● This is need to link back to the case scenario
● Summarise for Andy’s case study
● Describe PTSD, including causes, the different types of PTSD and symptoms
● Explain what biological psychologists say is the cause of PTSD, liking back to Andy’s
case study
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