Usefulness of psychological research 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyResearch methods and techniquesA2/A-levelOCR Created by: Steff06Created on: 11-06-16 18:07 What do we need to consider to class something as useful? Can it be generalised to a wide population? Can it benefit a number of people or causes? 1 of 22 What does usefulness refer to? The extent research can be used to improve something. 2 of 22 Who can research be useful to? Other psychologists, the general public, experts and politicians. 3 of 22 What makes research less useful? Ignoring free will, being reductionist, self-report methods with demand characteristics. 4 of 22 In what ways is the social approach useful? Helps us to understand behaviour in groups. 5 of 22 How is the social approach less useful? Ignores nature and biological influences. 6 of 22 How is the psychodynamic perspective useful? Provides large amount of in-depth qualitative data. 7 of 22 How is the the psychodynamic perspective less useful? Non-scientific methods used which are hard to test. 8 of 22 How can the behaviourist perspective be said to be useful? Practical applications, scientific methods. 9 of 22 Why is the behaviourist perspective less useful? Not generalisable and ignores nature. 10 of 22 How can the developmental approach be seen as useful? Helps us to understand changes and development. 11 of 22 Why can the developmental approach said to be less useful? Deterministic, ignores free will. 12 of 22 How is the physiological approach useful? Scientific, controlled methods used. 13 of 22 How can the physiological approach be seen as less useful? Reductionist - ignores nurture and cognitive. 14 of 22 How is the individual differences approach useful? Helps to diagnose and treat disorders. 15 of 22 Why can the individual differences approach be viewed as less useful? Not generalisable and no scientific methods used. 16 of 22 Why can the cognitive approach be seen as useful? Highly controlled, scientific methods used which establish cause and effect. 17 of 22 How is the cognitive approach less useful? Uses self-report methods, demand characteristics. 18 of 22 What studies can be said to be useful? Bandura, Rosenhan, Farrington 19 of 22 Why can these studies be said to be useful? Bandura - Shows nurture has an impact, Rosenhan - Helps diagnose disorders, Farrington - Highlights risk and protective factors. 20 of 22 Which studies can be said to not be useful? Daly and Wilson, Holmes and Rahe, COWPE 21 of 22 Why are these studies seen as less useful? Daly and Wilson - No practical applications, Holmes and Rahe - Created SRSS scale, COWPE - Showed television campaigns can be effective. 22 of 22
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