Approaches in Psychology

who was Wilhelm Wundt (1832-1920)?

what is introspection?

what is Empiricism?

what is the scientific method in psychology?

what is the scientific cycle?

what is a criticism of Wundt's approach?

what are some of the strengths of the scientific approach to psychology?

what are some of the limitations of the scientific approach?

what is the behaviourist approach to psychology?

what are the two different types of conditioning?

what is classical conditioning?

what is operant conditioning?

who was Ivan Pavlov?

other important features of classical conditioning...

what is a "skinner box"

what is positive reinforcement?

what is a negative reinforcement?

what are the strengths of classical conditioning?

what are the limitations of classical conditioning?

what did seligman (1970) propose?

what are the strengths of operant conditioning?

what are the limitations of operant conditioning?

why is conditioning a limited perspective on behaviour?

what is social learning theory?

what is meant by modelling in social learning theory?

what are the key determinants of whether a behaviour is imitated?

what is identification?

what is vicarious reinforcement?

what is the role mediational processes?

what was the procedure of Banduras study (1961)?

what were the results of this study?

what are the strengths of SLT?

what are the limitations of SLT?

what is the cognitive approach?

what is the role of computer models in the cognitive approach?
(the process of using computer analogies as a representation of human cognition)

what are the role of schemas in the cognitive approach?

the emergence of cognitive neuroscience...

what are the strengths of the cognitive approach?

what are the limitations of the cognitive approach?

what is the biological approach?

what is heredity?

what is the genotype?

what is the phenotype?

what are hormones?

what is evolution?