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psychology approaches wjec
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- 1Name two assumptions of the biological approachBrain - different areas of the brain are linked to different functions ie frontal lobes linked to thinking
Hormones- have an instant and short lasting effect on target organs ie adrenaline, testosterone linked to agression - 2Name two assumptions of the behaviourist approachClassical conditioning - (ucs = ucr)
(ucs + ns = unr) (cs (ns) = cs (ucs))
Social learning theory - observation, vicarious reinforcement, mental representation, maintenance through direct experience - 3Name two assumptions of the psychodynamic approachTripartite personality - ID, Ego, Super ego
Levers of consciousness - conscious, subconscious, unconscious (unconscious linked to ego defence mechanisms ie repressed memories) - 4name two strengths of the biological approachScientific approach - measurable variables enable well controlled objective research
Successful applications - Selye's research lead to better treatment of patients - 5name two strengths of the behaviourist approachscientific approach - easy concepts
Successful applications - to the treatment of mental disorders and in education eg programmed instruction device - 6name two strengths of the psychodynamic approachNature and Nurture - uses both sides of the argument, interactionist
reflects complexities of human behaviour - other approaches are very reductionist they don't focus on thoughts or feelings - 7name two weakness' of the biological aproachReductionist approach - complex behaviour reduced
Ignores individual differences - some people get more stressed than others - 8name two weakness' of the behaviourist aproachEmphasis on nurture - ignores the nature side of the argument
More relevant to animals - animal experiments done, not generalisable to humans because humans react differently to animals - 9name two weakness' of the psychodynamic aproachCannot be Proven - you cannot see the mind therefore is is unprovable
Determinist - behaviour determined by innate forces and childhood - 10give one advantage of case studieslarge amount of detailed qualitative data
- 11give one disadvantage of case studieslacks generalisability, unrepresentative sample, experimenter bias from becoming close to the participant.
- 12explain how psychosurgery is linked to the biological approachthe biological approach says that behaviour can be explained in terms of brain structure therefore if you change the brain structure you will change the behaviour
- 13what is psychosurgeryan operation on the brain to aleviate symtoms of mental illness
- 14what was found in patients after receiving psychosurgerythey were not as fun/ lost their personality.
- 15what are two methodologies used by the biological approachBrain scanning - CAT, MRI, PET
Twin studies - twins reared appart intellegance and twins - 16give an example of operant conditioningskinners rats
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- general questions on the 4 approaches in the newest wjec syllabus
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