A03

• What is one strength of modern psychology?

  It can claim to be scientific
• What aims do psychology and natural sciences share?

  To describe, understand, predict, and control behavior
• Which approaches in psychology rely on scientific methods?

  Learning, cognitive, and biological approaches
• How do scientific methods contribute to psychology?

  They allow investigation of theories in a controlled way
• What limitation exists in some psychological approaches?

  Not all approaches use objective methods
• Which approach rejects the scientific method in psychology?

  The humanistic approach
• What does the humanistic approach focus on?

  Individual experiences and subjective experience
• What method does the psychodynamic approach use?

  The case study method
• Why is the case study method a limitation?

  It does not use representative samples
• How do human beings affect psychological research?

  They respond to demand characteristics
• What does the limitation of subjective data imply for psychology?

  A scientific approach may not always be desirable
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of psychological approaches regarding scientific methods?

  Strengths:

  • Claims to be scientific
  • Uses scientific methods in some approaches

  
  

  Weaknesses:

  • Not all approaches use objective methods
  • Humanistic approach focuses on subjective experiences
  • Psychodynamic approach uses case studies
  • Human participants can introduce demand characteristics