comparison of approaches

• cognitive approach comittment to scientific method is positive to a degree because most propositions can be easily tested but inference is a large part of it as not all mental processes are observable
• Behvaioural approach has positive comittment to scientific method as it is objective and experimentally based focus on responses that can be accurately measures leads to a high degree of replication
• social learning theory has positive comittment because experiments are reliable (standardised procedure) and high in internal validity however they can lack ecological validity because of artificial setting
• biological approach has a positive comittment as precise and highly scientific methods are used to study the biological and genetic basis of behaviour
• psychodynamic has mixed comittment as some areas are open to scientific investigation bu there is a greater reliance on case studies and subjective interpretation
• humanistic is largely negative as it is believed complexities human consciousness and experience are not best studied scientifically as everyone is unique and has subjective experience.
• slt is Soft determinism 

  Behaviour is a product of experience but recognizes an element of choice as to whether we imitate a behavior.
• the cognitive approach is soft determinism- it suggests behaviour is caused by thought processes which we have some conscious control over but also by past experiences which can be out of our control
• behaviourist approach is Environmentally determinist External forces (like Rewards and punishments)  Determine behaviour
• psychodynamic strongly psychic determinist as it views our behavior as caused entirely by unconscious factors over which we have no control.
• humanistic states humans have self-determination and free 

  will, and that behaviour is not the result of any single 

  cause.
• behavioural approach is environmentally reductionist as it reu
• slt is partly reductionist as it takes into account both behavioural and cognitive principles but not all factors
• cognitive is machine reductionist as it reduces complex behaviour to internal mental processes
• biological approach is biological reductionism because it reduces behaviour down to biological factors for example genes
• humanistic is holistic because it argues Subjective experience can be understood by taking into account the whole person and all possible factors
• psychodynmaic is partly reductionist because it reduces behaviour down to a few underlying uncoscious drives, eg. a phobia may be interpreted as a displaced childhood fear.

  
  

  However it also considers the entirety of an individuals life experience especially their early development stages and looks into psychological forces which drive the behaviour
• the biological approach is determinist as it suggests human behaviour is directly controlled by a component of their physiology, such as genes or neurotransmitters which are outside of our control