Evaluation of the approaches

Most likely 8 markers to come up-

Psychodynamic (Freud)

Cognitive (schema)

Humanstic (Maslow and Rodgers)

Biological (4 main areas of interest)

Evaluations

Psychodynamic strengths and weaknesses

Introduced Psychotherapy- 

Freuds psychoanalysis was the first to attemt mental disorders.

Clients deal with everyday problems by providing access to their unconscious techniques such as dream analysis.

Psychotherapy is the forerunner to many modern day therapies.

Counterpoint- Innaproate and dagerous to use on clients with serious mental disorders such a schizophrenia. Therefor Freudian therapy may not apply to mental disorders where a client has lost touch with reality.

Explanatory power-

Freuds theory has had a major impact on Western contemporary thought.

It has beden used to explain a huge range of behaviours and drew attention from the influence of childhood of adult personality. 

Suggests it has a positive influence on modern day thinking.

Untestable concepts-

Pilosipher of science argued it does not meet scientific criterion of falsification.

Many concepts (Id and Oedipus complex) are impossible to test.

Freud lacks scientific rigour and so the theory is pseudoscience.

Psychoanalysis is gender biases-

Freud seemed content to remain ifnorant of female sexuality.

Dismissing women and their sexuality is problematic.

Cognitive strengths and weakness

It has applictions

Can be applied to many areas in psychology.

Social psychology- research in social cognition has helped better understanding in how we form impressions of other people.

Psychopathology- it has been used to explain how dysfunctional behaviour can be traced to faulty thinking.

It is scientific

Use of experimental methods provides rigous methods for collecting and evaluating evidence in order to reach accurate conclusions on how the mind works.

Limitations of computer modules

The approach uses computer modules to explain human coding.

Computers…