Evaluation

Question 1

What are 3 evaluation points for Wundt

Answer 1

• His methods were unreliable
• A scientific approach may not always be appropriate
• introspection is still useful in psychology

Question 2

Wundts methods were unreliable

Question 3

A scientific approach may not always be appropriate

Question 4

Introspection is still useful in psychology

Question 5

What are 3 evaluation points for the Behaviourist approach

Answer 5

• Classical conditioning is only appropriate for some learning
• operant conditioning based on experimental work
• the over-reliance on nonhuman animals in research

Question 6

Classical conditioning is only appropriate for some learning

Question 7

Operant conditioning is based of experimental work

Question 8

Over reliance on non human animals in research

Question 9

What are 3 evaluation points for SLT

Answer 9

• research for identification
• a problem of establishing causality
• the importance of identification in social learning

Question 10

• research for identification

Question 11

• a problem of establishing causality

Question 12

• the importance of identification in social learning

Question 13

What are 3 evaluation points for the cognitive approach

Answer 13

• the cog approach is scientific
• the cog approach ignores emotion and motivation
• studies may lack ecological validity

Question 14

The cognitive approach is scientific

Question 15

The cognitive approach ignores emotion and motivation

Question 16

Studies may lack ecological validity

Question 17

What are 3 evaluation points for the biological approach

Answer 17

• the importance of the scientific method
• the applications of the biological approach
• the dangers of genetic explanations

Question 18

The importance of the scientific method

Question 19

Applications of the biological approach

Question 20

The dangers of genetic explanations

Question 21

What are 3 evaluation points for the psychodynamic approach

Answer 21

• scientific support for the psychoanalytic approach
• psychoanalysis is a culture biased approach
• psychoanalysis is a comprehensive theory

Question 22

Scientific support for the psychoanalytic approach

Question 23

Psychoanalysis is a culture biased approach

Question 24

Psychoanalysis is a comprehensive theory

Question 25

What are 3 evaluation points for the humanistic approach

Answer 25

- links to economic development - the humanistic approach is unrealistic - cultural differences in the hierarchy of needs