Approaches Question!!

Has anyone got any notes on the approaches!?! i was meant to be revising them this morning but i have lost my b!oody notes!!!!

and also is it most likely that schiz and cultural bias/genetic bias will come up, ive revised depression as a back up if not schiz but do you think it will be cultural or gender bias!

any help would be appreciated really panicking!

Reply 1

rupeshb

Dont have any notes but check this out if your really stuck, mite help
http://cranepsych.com/Therapies_overview.pdf

Reply 2

brownedoffwaffl

Bring these points in:

Behaviorist:
- Rewards
- Positive Reinforcement
- Negative Reinforcement
- Reinforcement Schedule (Variable/Fixed)
- Vicarious Reinforcement

For the method: Alter Social Learning Theory Research (ie. 2 groups, 2 videos, one as rewarding, one as punishment, then questionnaire on opinions)

Psychodynamic:
- Dominant Id/Ego/Superego
- Defence Mechanism
- Psychosexual Stage (Oral/Anal - depends on behavior)
- Unconscious Motivation
- Symbolic Behavior (through oedipal complex, etc)

For the method: Case study, Dream analysis, Free association and Hypnosis.

Biological:
- Genetic Transmission
- Neurotransmitter imbalance (Serotonin/Dopamine/Noradrenaline)
- Hormone Imbalance (Oestrogen, Testosterone, Adrenaline)
- Stress Response (GSR, Heart rate)
- Localisation Of Function (Area of brain related to...)

For the method: Lab exp. Measure something.

Evaluation points are just about the theories then experiments.

Easy!

Reply 3

3xhilaration

nice little overview there, i doubt geder bias will come up, culture should be on though

thankyou!!

Remember to keep referring back to the stimulus materials because if not then you can only get about 2 marks for each section!

Reply 6

spookystarbuck

rupeshb

Dont have any notes but check this out if your really stuck, mite help
http://cranepsych.com/Therapies_overview.pdf

Holy poop - it won't load for me.
Gosh I'm really really *****ting myself about these exams!!

*cries*

Reply 7

spookystarbuck

miss_giggles

Remember to keep referring back to the stimulus materials because if not then you can only get about 2 marks for each section!

Oh gosh, I'm really gonna fail. Psychology is not my forte at all. (can't do the symbol, lol).

What do you mean by stimulus materials?! :eek:

Reply 8

3xhilaration

the actual case they give you to analyse

Reply 9

spookystarbuck

Ahhh right. Phew! *wipes brow*

Who's gonna fail?!
And I've put in so much damn work too! I'm just having a break now bewcause I'm finding it hard to concentrate...didn't sleep last night.

Anyone else having trouble sleeping through these exams? I don't sleep anyways but I've been taking sleeping tablets and STILL waking up from nightmares!

Reply 10

.butterfly.x.

You can't just analyse the approaches, you have to refer it back to the case study/stimulus material. This is the hardest part of the question for me because I never know what to write.

Reply 11

3xhilaration

alot of good students dont do well on approaches because they are afraid of writing something that is so simple and obvious, just blabber on about the stimulus material

remember, make POINT - EXPAND - LINK (to case)

every paragraph you right there should be at least one link!!!

Reply 12

spookystarbuck

I'm not in a position to advise anyone but is it not easier to just say like;

"According to the physiological approach, Mr Poppo would enjoy sports such as water rafting as it increased a pleasurable feeling in him. This may be due to the increase of dopamine in his system that is released when yadda yadda yadda...."?