scientific (origins)

• which approaches aren’t scientific?

  psychodynamic and humanist
• why is the biological approach scientific?

  promotors objective methods of investigation like brain scanning
• why is the behaviourist approach scientific?

  uses controlled lab experiments and animal studies to predict behavior
• why is the social learning theory scientific?

  uses controlled, standardised lab experiments to study imitation of behaviour
• why is the cognitive approach scientific?

  uses objective brain scanning methods and standardised lab experiments to study internal mental processes
• why is the psychodynamic approach not scientific?

  uses unfalsifiable concepts like the unconscious mind and relies on case studies that can’t be replicated
• why is the humanist approach not scientific?

  rejects scientific methods and only studies subjective human experiences