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| Studies mental processes such as memory, perception, thinking, reasoning, problem solving and language. |
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Loftus and Palmer
Baron-Cohen et al.
Savage and rumbaugh et al. |
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| This takes a lifespan approach, where everything we do is learnt through changes in our lives. |
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| *DEVELOPMENTAL - Core studies |
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Samuel and Bryant
Bandura, Ross and Ross
Freud |
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| Considers the extent to which behavior and our experience are determined by our biology, such as the brain. and nervous system. |
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| *PHYSIOLOGICAL - Core studies |
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Maguire et al.
Dement and Kleitman
Sperry |
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| Looks at a range of behaviors that occur between people or groups of people such as discrimination, helping behavior and aggression. |
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Milgram
Reicher and Haslam
Piliavin, Rodin and Piliavin |
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| --INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES - Define |
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| Looks at the differences between people such as intelligence and personality. This approach also covers the definition of normality and abnormality. |
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| --INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES - Core Studies |
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Rosenhan
Thigpen and Cleckley
Griffiths |
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| *BEHAVIORIST (perspective) - Define |
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| This perspective assumes all behavior is learned. One of the great behaviorist experiments was "Pavlov's dog". This perspective is used in schools, to treat disorders and phobias |
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| *BEHAVIORIST (perspective) - Core Studies |
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Savage and rumbaugh
Bandura, Ross and Ross |
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| --PSYCHODYNAMIC (perspective) - Define |
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| Originates from Sigmund Freud. Will not come up in the test. |
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