2 - Approaches

Question 1

Who established the first psychology laboratory?

Answer 1

Wundt

Question 2

What method did Wundt use to investigate the mind?

Answer 2

Introspection

Question 3

Name 2 psychologists associated with the behaviourist approach and the types of conditioning they studied

Answer 3

Pavlov - Classical Conditioning
Skinner - Operant Conditioning

Question 4

Name the researcher associated with Social Learning Theory

Answer 4

Albert Bandura

Question 5

Name 4 processes involved in SLT

Answer 5

Vicarious Reinforcement
Modelling
Imitation
identification

Question 6

Name 4 mediational processes in SLT

Answer 6

Attention
Retention
Motor Reproduction
Motivation

Question 7

Name 4 features of the cognitive approach

Answer 7

Computer models
Theoretical models
Schemas
Inferences

Question 8

Outline what is meant by cognitive neuroscience

Answer 8

Study of the brain using brain scanning techniques

Question 9

Name 3 feature of the biological approach

Answer 9

Genes
Hormones
NT
Brain structure
evolution

Question 10

Name the psychologist associated with the psychodynamic approach

Answer 10

Sigmund Freud

Question 11

Name the 3 structures of the personality

Answer 11

Id
Ego
Superego

Question 12

Name the 5 psychosexual stages of development

Answer 12

Oral
Anal
Phallic
Latent
Genital

Question 13

Name 3 defence mechanisms

Answer 13

Repression
Denial
Displacement

Question 14

Name 2 psychologists associated with the humanistic approach

Answer 14

Abraham Maslow
Carl Rogers

Question 15

Name the 5 stages of the hierarchy of needs

Answer 15

Self Actualization
Esteem
Love/belonging
Safety
Physiological needs

Question 16

Name 3 other features of the humanistic approach

Answer 16

Congruence
Conditions of Worth
Client centered therapy
focus on self

Question 17

Name 4 criteria to compare the different approaches

Answer 17

Nature vs Nurture
Free will vs Determinism
Reductionism vs Holism
Idiographic vs Nomothetic
Scientific credibility
Application to treatment