AS and A Level Psychology (9990) Psychological Approaches

Behavior (Cognitive)

Behavior (Cognitive)

________ and emotions can be explained through cognitive processes like attention, language thinking and memory.

Reductionist (Biology)

________- It will overlook other approaches and only look at genes, hormones, and chemicals.

Objective

________- Focuses on observable behaviors.

Reductionist (Cognitive)

________- Reduces everything in your brain and your cognitive processes.

Behavior (Learning)

________ can be explained through the consequences of actions.

Objective

________- It uses scientific methods.

Reductionists

________- Will put methods and overlook every other approach.

Objective/Straightforward

It only looks at genes, hormones, and chemicals

Reductionist

It will overlook other approaches and only look at genes, hormones, and chemicals

Application

Humans are all biologically the same

Objective

It uses scientific methods

Interpreting data

It is subjective because there might be multiple ways to explain it, in other words, it depends on your opinion

Reductionist

Reduces everything in your brain and your cognitive processes

Objective

Focuses on observable behaviors

Reductionists

Will put methods and overlook every other approach