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Approaches in Psychology
Origins of psychology and the major psychological approaches
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Approaches in Psychology is a key topic in the AQA A-Level Psychologyspecification. This topic covers origins of psychology and the major psychological approaches.
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Origins of psychology: Wundt and introspectionEmergence of psychology as a scienceThe scientific method in psychologyThe behaviourist approachAssumptions of behaviourismClassical conditioning: PavlovUnconditioned and conditioned stimuli/responsesOperant conditioning: SkinnerPositive and negative reinforcementPunishment in operant conditioningEvaluation of the behaviourist approachSocial learning theoryRole of mediational processesAttention, retention, reproduction, motivationVicarious reinforcementIdentification and modellingBandura's Bobo doll researchEvaluation of social learning theoryThe cognitive approachInternal mental processesThe role of schemasUse of theoretical and computer modelsEmergence of cognitive neuroscienceEvaluation of the cognitive approachThe biological approachInfluence of genes on behaviourGenotype and phenotypeEvolution and behaviourBiological structures and neurochemistryEvaluation of the biological approachThe psychodynamic approachRole of the unconsciousStructure of personality: id, ego, superegoDefence mechanisms: repressionDefence mechanisms: denialDefence mechanisms: displacementPsychosexual stages of developmentEvaluation of the psychodynamic approachHumanistic psychologyFree will and self-actualisationMaslow's hierarchy of needsFocus on the self: congruenceConditions of worthRogers's person-centred therapyEvaluation of humanistic psychologyComparison of approachesSimilarities and differences between approachesEclecticism in psychological practice
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