Psychology areas,perspectives debates

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  • Created on: 27-04-16 20:00
Area: how our behaviour is influenced by others
social
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Area: how information is processed
cognitive
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Area: how our behaviour develops overtime
developmental
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Area: how biology influences our behaviour
biological
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Area: how and why people are different
individual differences
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Perspective: behaviour can be explained by unconscious conflicts + past experiences
psychodynamic
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Father of the psychodynamic perspective
Freud
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Perspective: behaviour is learned and shaped by the environment
behaviourist
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Debate- behaviour is caused by characteristics we are born with
nature
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Debate- behaviour is a result of past experiences
nurture
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Debate- people choose how they behave
freewill
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Debate- behaviour is controlled by predetermined factors
determinism
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Debate: a complex phenomena can be reduced to its constituent factors
reductionism
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Debate: considers all factors
holism
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Debate: behaviour is controlled by external factors
situational
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Debate: behaviour is caused by the characteristics of the individuals
individual
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Issue: whether a study has practical applications
usefulness
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Issue: whether research has been respectful of the participants
ethics
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Issue: whether findings have wider implication for an individual or group
socially sensitive research
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