ao3

4 different ways of comparing/ evaluating

• free will vs determinism

• idiographic vs nomothetic

• reductionism vs holism

• nature vs nurture

what is free will vs determinism

free will - we have full control over our behaviour

determinism - we never have control over our behaviour

what is idiographic vs nomothetic

idiographic - focuses on studying individual differences

nomothetic - focuses on establishing general theories of behaviour

what is reductionism vs holism

reductionism - we can understand behaviour by breaking it down into small simple parts

holism - we must look at the behaviour as a whole

what is nature vs nurture

nature - behaviour is genetically inherited

nurture - behaviour is determined by the environment

categories each approach into free will vs determinism

free will

• humanistic

determinism

• behaviourist

• psychodynamic

• biological

both

• cognitive

• slt

categorise approaches into idiographic or nomothetic

idiographic

• humanistic (most)

• psychodynamic

nomothetic

• behaviouralist

• slt

• cognitive

• biological

categorise approaches into reductionism vs holism

reductionism

• behaviourist

• biological

holism

• humanist

both

• psychodynamic

• cognitive

• slt

categorise approaches into nature vs nurture

both

• all