Comparison of Approaches Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
Q
What 6 criteria are the approaches judged against?
A
FNRISA:
1) Free will v Determinism
2) Nature v Nurture
3) Reductionism v Holism
4) Idiographic v Nomothetic
5) Scientific
6) Applications
2
Q
What do idiographic and nomothetic mean?
A
- Idiographic = Individual laws within a theory
- Nomothetic = Creates universal laws
3
Q
What criteria does the biological approach fit under? (FNRISA)
A
- Biological determinism
- Nature
- Biological reductionism
- Nomothetic
- Scientific
- Drug treatments eg SSRI
4
Q
What criteria does the behaviourist approach fit under? (FNRISA)
A
- Environmental determinism
- Nurture
- Environmental reductionism
- Nomothetic
- Scientific
- SD, flooding, Token economy
5
Q
What criteria does the social learning theory fit under? (FNRISA)
A
- Soft determinism
- Nurture
- Holistic
- Nomothetic
- Mostly scientific
- Age ratings on video games
6
Q
What criteria does the cognitive approach fit under? (FNRISA)
A
- Soft determinism
- Nature and nurture
- Holistic
- Nomothetic and idiographic
- Mostly scientific
- CBT, REBT
7
Q
What criteria does the psychodynamic approach fit under? (FNRISA)
A
- Psychic determinism
- Nature and nurture
- Holistic
- Nomothetic and idiographic
- Not scientific
- Psychotherapy
8
Q
What criteria does the humanistic approach fit under? (FNRISA)
A
- Free will
- Nurture
- Holistic
- Idiographic
- Not scientific
- Counselling
