Definitions

Question 1

What are the main assumptions of the biological approach? [2]

Answer 1

• behaviour, cognitions and emotions can be explained in terms of the working of the brain and the effect of hormones, genetics and evolution
• similarities and differences between people can
  be understood in terms of biological factors
  and their interaction with other factors.

Question 2

Socialisation

Answer 2

the process of learning to behave in socially acceptable ways. This may differ somewhat for the two genders and in different cultures

Question 3

What are the main assumptions of the cognitive approach? [2]

Answer 3

similarities between the way people and
computers process information

individual differences in cognitive processes
such as attention, language, thinking and
memory, which can help to explain our differing
behaviours a n d emotions.

Question 4

What are the main assumptions of the learning approach? [2]

Answer 4

Each life begins as a ‘blank slate’: observable
changes to our behaviour can result from
interactions with our environment.

The processes of social learning, operant
conditioning and classical conditioning are
the ways in which humans and animals learn.
These processes involve stimulus response i.e.
experiences within our environment (stimuli)
shape our behaviour (response).