Lesson 4.2.1.7

4.2.1.7 Comparison of approaches Quiz: AQA Psychology, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. Which approach is most associated with the nature side of the nature-nurture debate?

    • The biological approach
    • The humanistic approach
    • The psychodynamic approach
    • The behaviourist approach

  2. Which psychological approach explains behaviour primarily through conditioning and reinforcement?

    • Biological approach
    • Cognitive approach
    • Behaviourist approach
    • Psychodynamic approach

  3. Which approach is the main one that uses a computer analogy for the mind?

    • The behaviourist approach
    • The humanistic approach
    • The psychodynamic approach
    • The cognitive approach

  4. Which approach places the greatest emphasis on free will?

    • The behaviourist approach
    • The humanistic approach
    • The biological approach
    • The psychodynamic approach

  5. Which research approach focuses on the detailed study of individual subjective experience?

    • Nomothetic approach
    • Idiographic approach
    • Biological approach
    • Reductionist approach

  6. Which psychological approach explains behaviour by breaking it down into neurochemical processes?

    • Humanistic approach
    • Cognitive approach
    • Biological approach
    • Psychodynamic approach

  7. Which type of determinism claims behaviour is caused entirely by environmental conditioning?

    • Biological determinism
    • Environmental determinism
    • Reciprocal determinism
    • Psychic determinism

  8. A researcher studies one person's memory in great depth over several years. Which approach to research is this?

    • Nomothetic
    • Quantitative and experimental
    • Cross-cultural and comparative
    • Idiographic

  9. Investigating the effect of serotonin levels on human mood represents which psychological approach?

    • Behaviourist approach
    • Psychodynamic approach
    • Humanistic approach
    • Biological approach

  10. Which psychological approach explains behaviour through unconscious conflict and childhood experiences?

    • Humanistic approach
    • Psychodynamic approach
    • Cognitive approach
    • Behaviourist approach

  11. Which theory explains learning aggressive behaviour through watching and imitating rewarded models?

    • Social learning theory
    • Operant conditioning
    • Psychodynamic theory
    • Classical conditioning

  12. Which concept do humanistic psychologists accuse biological determinism of ignoring?

    • Synaptic transmission
    • Vicarious reinforcement
    • Free will
    • Schema formation

  13. Which approach is considered the most scientific due to its use of strictly controlled observation?

    • Psychodynamic approach
    • Behaviourist approach
    • Humanistic psychology
    • Psychoanalytic theory

  14. In the cognitive approach, what term describes an organised mental framework of information?

    • Phenotype
    • Neurotransmitter
    • Introspection
    • Schema

  15. Which feature is a key methodological strength of the biological approach?

    • Objective brain scanning
    • Case study focus
    • Subjective self-reports
    • Unfalsifiable concepts

  16. What is a major ethical concern associated with biological determinism?

    • Lacking scientific validity
    • Ignoring brain structure
    • Excusing criminal responsibility
    • Overemphasising free will

  17. A humanistic psychologist studies the whole person rather than separate components. Which principle does this illustrate?

    • Falsifiability
    • Idiography
    • Reductionism
    • Holism

  18. Which approach combines biological predispositions with environmental triggers to explain behaviour?

    • Psychodynamic approach
    • Reductionist approach
    • Interactionist approach
    • Humanistic approach

  19. What major limitation applies to the psychodynamic approach due to its focus on the unconscious?

    • High lab control
    • Environmental reductionism
    • Biological determinism
    • Lack of falsifiability

  20. Which process in the behaviourist approach explains phobia acquisition through association?

    • Classical conditioning
    • Self-actualisation
    • Vicarious reinforcement
    • Operant conditioning

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