evaluating approaches of psychology

nature vs nurture

Nature = from birth

Nurture = developed

nomothetic vs ideographic

Nomothetic = group

Ideographic = individual

Useful vs not useful

All are useful

Reductionist vs holism

reductionist = broken down

holism = looked at as a whole

Determinism vs freewill

Determinism = cannot change

Freewill = can be changed

Scientific vs unscientific

scientific has empirical evidence to support.

Positive nomothetic or ideographic

Both

Everyone has free will, myers and diener applies to everyone.

Signature strengths are subjective, own thoughts and feelings.

Psychodynamic nomothetic or ideographic

Both

Everyone goes through the same psychosexual stages of development

Bowlby - case study, subjective dream analysis

Cognitive nomothetic or ideographic

Nomothetic

Assumptions, internal mental processes

Biological nomothetic or ideographic

Nomothetic

Everyone’s brains work the same way, only differ is with a traumatic injury but brain will still be affected in the same way, neurotransmitters

Behaviourist nomothetic or ideographic

Nomothetic

Everyone born the same, learns the same etc.

Positive nature or nurture

Nurture

You can develop your signature strengths

Cognitive nature or nurture

Both.

IMP there from birth but can change over time.

Psychodynamic nature or nurture

Both

Id present from birth

The psychosexual stages of development develop our personality and aren’t present since birth

Behaviourist nature or nurture

Nurture

Blank slate - tabula rasa

Biological nature or nurture

Nature

you’re born with certain genes and you cannot change those genes

Cognitive useful vs not

Useful

CBT

Positive useful vs not

Useful

Mindfulness

Psychodynamic useful vs not

Useful

Dream analysis

Behaviourist useful vs not

Useful

SD

Biological useful vs not

Useful

Drug therapy

Biological reductionist or holistic

Reductionist.

Brain only has 4 lobes. More complicated.

Behaviourist reductionist or holistic

reductionist

only looks at behaviour being learnt via conditioning and no other aspects

Positive reductionist or holistic

holistic

looks at positivity from various angles - myers and diener

Cognitive reductionist or holistic

reductionist

breaks down memory into a computer analogy

Psychodynamic reductionist or holistic