Brief Evaluations

Question 1

Wundt

Answer 1

Strength - scientific
Limitation - unscientific
Strength - overall contribution to psych

Question 2

Origins/ Emergence of psych as science

Answer 2

Strength - some are scientific
Limitation - uses subjective data
Limitation - paradigm (Kuhn)
(set of principles agreed/believed by everyone)

Question 3

Psychodynamic

Answer 3

Strength - introduced psychotherapy - psychoanalysis
Counterpoint
Strength - explanatory power
Limitation - untestable concepts - falsification
also uses subjective data (little hans)
psychic determinism

Question 4

Behaviourists

Answer 4

Strength - well controlled research
Counterpoint
Strength - real world application
Limitation- environmental determinism

Question 5

Humanistic

Answer 5

Strength - holistic account
Counterpoint
Strength - positive approach
Limitation- cultural bias

Question 6

Cognitive

Answer 6

Strength - uses objective and scientific methods
Counterpoint - inference = abstract etc
Strength - real world application = applied to a range of practical and theoretical contexts e.g AI, treatment of depression, eyewitness testimonies

Limitation - machine reductionism

Question 7

Biological

Answer 7

Strength - real world application
Counterpoint
Strength - uses scientific methods
Limitation - determinist