Assumptions

Question 1

Social Psychology (Milgram and Bocchiaro)

Answer 1

Behaviour is affected by the actual, imagined or implied presence of others.
Behaviour is affected by situational factors and the social context.

Question 2

Cognitive Psychology (Loftus and Palmer and Grant et al)

Answer 2

Behaviour is the result of internal mental processes, e.g. memory, attention and thinking.
Behaviour is the result of our mind working like a computer – information is input, stored and retrieved.

Question 3

Developmental Psychology (Bandura and Chaney)

Answer 3

Behaviour is a consequence of age and/or experience.
Development of behaviour is an interaction of the influences of nature and nurture.

Question 4

Behaviourist Perspective

Answer 4

We are products of our environment.
We acquire behaviour through learning.

Question 5

Biological Psychology (Sperry and Casey)

Answer 5

Focus on behaviour as a result nature (rather than nurture).
Focus on reductionist explanations of behaviour or function.

Question 6

Individual differences (Freud and Baron-Cohen)

Answer 6

focus on the differences between people rather than what we have in common.

behaviour can be studied and measured.