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Summary Comparison of psychological approaches
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- A-level Psychology
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- A-level Psychology
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Approach Behaviour is determined by Origin of behaviour Scientific methodThe consequences of our behaviour, which decides wheather we will repeat it. Nurture Highly objective
Behaviourist Environment Interactions and environment Standardised and replicable
Reliable
Observations of others. Inferences about cause and effect can be made
Product of our experience. Mostly nurture Tends to be in artifical environments
Social learning Up to the individual how they use these Capacity to learn is adaptive and innate lacks mundane realism
Easily tested
Nature- we all share the same means of cognitive processing Great deal of inference is needed, as mental processes
Cognitive Our own thought processes Nurture-irrational thoughts and beliefs develop from experiences are unobservable
Nature- Systems such as the CNS
Biological Physiological factors and genetics Nurture-expereinces may change these systems lends itself to the experimental method
Nature-unconcious forces and conflicts
Psychodynamic Unconcious factors Nurture- how we cope with these Greater reliance on case studies
Nature- assumptions like we all want to self-actualise
Humanistic Free will, people exercise choice over their behaviours Nurture- problems achieving this arise in childhood Experiments are not suited to studying humans
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