comparing approaches

is the behaviourist approach free will or determinism

Environmental determinism as it says all our behaviour is caused by the environment

is the behaviourist approach reductionist or holistic

Environmental reductionism as they only study observable behaviour and then break complex learning up into simple stimulus responses

is the behaviourist approach idiographic or nomothetic

Nomothetic as behaviourists such as Skinner studied the responses of animals in order to develop laws of learning for humans

Is the behaviourist approach nature or nurture

Nurturist as it believes any behaviour can be shaped and learned by factors in the environment

is the social learning theory free will or deterministic

Determinist as it believes that all behaviour is shaped by watching others.

is the social learning theory reductionist or holistic

Reductionist as it isolates parts of complex behaviours to study.

Is the social learning theory idiographic or nomothetic

Nomothetic as it views all behaviour is influenced by a role model in the environment

Is the social learning theoyr naturist or nurturist

Interactionist as it argues our behaviour is influenced by learning and experience but also by some of the brain's innate capacities.

Is the cognitive approach free will or deterministic?

Mixed

Is the cognitive approach holism or reductionism?

Reductionist as when studying a variable it isolates processes e.g. memory from other cognitive processes. Our normal life would use many cognitive processes simultaneously

is the cognitive approach idiographic or nomothetic

Nomothetic as it focuses on establishing theories on information processing which can be applied to everyone

Is the cognitive approach nature or nurture?

Interaction it's view as it argues that our behaviour is influenced by learning and experience (nature)

is the biological approach free will or determinism

Very determinist as it views our behaviour as caused entirely by biological factors

is the biological appraoch reductionist or holistic

Reductionist as it aims at explaining all behaviour by the action of genetic or biochemical processes

is the biological approach idiographic or nomothetic

Nomothetic

is the biological approach nature or nurture

Naturist but recognises that our brain changes with experience in our social world

is the humanistic approach deterministic or free will

Fully free will

is the humanistic approach reductionist or holistic

Holistic as it does not try to break down behaviours as it views every human as complex

Is the humanistic approach idiographic or nomothetic

Idiographic as the approach views the individual as complex and we should study them using qualitative techniques

Is the humanistic approach nature or nurture

Interactionist as it recognises the influence of experience and perception and influence of biological needs

Is the psychodynamic approach determinism or free will

Fully deterministic as it views our behaviour as determined by the needs of the unconscious

is the psychodynamic approach reductionist or holistic

Reductionist as it believes all behaviour is determined by the needs of the unconscious

is the psychodynamic approach idiographic or nomothetic

It recognises both as it first argues behaviour is governed by universal process that apply to everyone but also the ways these processes manifest in the individual is unique

is the psychodynamic approach nature or nurture

Interactionist as it recognises the influence of social factors as it argues we are driven by innate biological instincts but the way these are expressed Is shaped by our social environment