Approaches

• What is introspection


  This is by Wudunt. A person gains knowledge about their own mental and emotions as a result of the examination of their conscious thought and feelings
• What is the role of reinforcement in behaviour


  The things that strengthen and increase the likelihood that behaviour will be repeated in the future
• Which approaches take the nurture side in the nature vs nurture debate?

  • Behaviourist
  • Humanistic
  • SLT
  • Psychodynamic (both)
• Define vicarious reinforcement


  The learning that is not the result of direct reinforcement, but rather through observing someone else being reinforced for that behaviour
• Define free will


  The ability to act at ones's discretion, how to choose to behave without being influenced by external factors
• Define determinism


  This is the belief that behaviour is determined by external or internal forces acting upon an individual that is out of their control
• What is soft determinism


  There are constraints on behaviour, but within these limitations, we are free to make our own choices
• What is hard determinism


  Is the view that all behaviour is determined by factors out of our control
• What are Freud's psychosexual stages?

  1. Oral (0 - 1 yrs)
  2. Anal (1 - 3 yrs)
  3. Phallic(3 - 5 yrs)
  4. Latent (6 -12 yrs)
  5. Genital (12 + yrs)
• How does Freud separate the personality


  • Ego
  • ID
  • Superego