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Approaches
infoWhy this? Tracing the emergence of psychology and comparing its major approaches reveals contrasting ways of explaining behaviour and mental processes. Evaluating their assumptions, evidence, and applications helps us understand both the insights and limitations of different psychological perspectives.
scheduleWhy now? Taught alongside research methods, approaches establishes the concepts and explanatory frameworks used throughout the course while providing theories and evidence on which to practise evaluation. Ending with the biological approach creates a direct transition to biopsychology.
neurologyYou need to know
- Leaning approaches: The behaviourist approach and social learning theory
- The cognitive approach
- Biological approach
- Psychodynamic approach
- Humanistic approach
rocket_launchYou must be able to
- Use approaches to explain why behaviour occurs
- Describe the structure of the mind
- Argue for and against approaches through the use of research.
- Evaluate approaches
- Can define:
- Reinforcement
- Schema
- Self-actualisation
- Introspection
- Phenotype
- Congruence
- Vicarious reinforcement
- Genotype
- The unconscious
- Psyche Superego ID
- Ego Inferences Preconscious
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