ALL GENRAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AREAS AND PERSPECTIVES

Name the 3 features of the biological area

1. Psychology is explained physically

2. Evolution genes and inheritance

3. Directly observe biological factors

Strengths of the biological area:(2)

1. High scientific objectivity

2. Determinism strength

Weakness of the biological area:(2)

1. Unrealistic environment

2. Reductionism weakness

Name the 3 features of the cognitive area

1. Mental thought processes

2. Computer analogy

3. Scientific inference of the mind

Strengths of the cognitive area:(2)

1. High scientific control

2. Practical applications

Weakness of the cognitive area:(2)

1. Unrealistic environments

2. Problems of self report

Name the 4 features of the social area

1. Humans as a social species

2. Social situations/context

3. Social influence and social norms

4. Recreate social contexts and social factors

Strengths of the social are:(2)

1. Experimental realism

2. Practical applications

Weakness of the social area:(2)

1. Ethical issues

2. Determinism weaknesses

Name the 3 features of the developmental area

1. Normative development

2. Continuous and discontinuous development

3. Nature nurture interaction

Strengths of the developmental area:(2)

1. Recognises both nature and nurture

2. Determinism strengths

Weakness of the developmental area:(3)

1. Children and ethical issues

2. Children and practical issues

3. Determinism weaknesses

Name the 3 features of the behavioural perspective

1. Psychology should be scientific and only study observable behaviour

2. We are products of our environment and experiences (Tabula rasa)

3. Behaviour is caused by learned stimulus-response

Strengths of behavioural perspective:(2)

1. High scientific objectivity

2. Determinism strengths

Weakness of the behavioural perspective:(2)

1. Unrealistic environment

2. Ethical issues

Name the 3 features of the individual differences area

1. Individuals are unique

2. Measure personality and disposition

3. Ideographic approach

Strengths of the individual differences area:(3)

1. Holism strengths

2. Disposition strengths

3. Psychometrics

Weakness of the individual differences area:(3)

1. Qualitative data

2. Disposition weakness

3. Holism weakness

Name the 3 features of the psychodynamic perspective

1. The tripartite mind

2. We go through stages of sexual development

3. Behaviour is caused by unconscious processes

Strengths of psychodynamic perspective:(2)

1. Practical applications

2. Holism strengths

Weakness of psychodynamic perspective:(3)

1. Problems of self report

2. Unfalsifiable

3. Holism weakness