Author: Ciarán O ’Sullivan Five Pages 1205 Words In this essay I hope to give a brief outline of the history & critiques levelled at the Psychodynamic and the Behaviourist approaches to psychology and then attempt to offer a comparison. Psychodynamic. Sigmund Freud ’s early work in psychoanalysis was the precursor to the psychodynamic approach. His theories were later modified by others including Alfred Adler and Carl Jung. The psychodynamic approach includes all the theories in psychology
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AO1 AO2 AO3 Describe and evaluate two theories of the formation of relationships One theory is ‘The Matching Hypothesis’ which is a social psychological theory based on relationships‚ proposed by Goffman in 1952. It suggests that in order for a relationship to be a long and successful one; both partners in the relationship must be equally matched in attractiveness. The reason for this is due to fear of rejection‚ therefore when searching for a potential life partner the primary drive is to
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Hannah Ali: Psychology Assignment 19/12/12 Explain and evaluate any two approaches to explaining moral development. Moral development is what we consider to be right‚ wrong‚ good or bad. It is developed from infancy through to adulthood and is the principles we use to determine what is right or wrong‚ fair or unfair. Each individual has their own understanding of what morality is‚ however generally this is determined largely by the culture or society we live in and the rules that we
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The first of the two theories was put forward by Byrne and Clore in 1970. They named this theory about the formation of relationships the Reward/Need Satisfaction Theory. Their theory suggests that we are attracted to people we find satisfying to be with. This can be demonstrated by asking people why they are attracted to their partner‚ the usual answers are: caring‚ supportive‚ affectionate or just good fun. We‚ as humans‚ are motivated to seek stimuli that are rewarding to us. We are equally
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Psychotherapy Approaches within Treatment Lisa Rogers PSY 101 Professor Patricia Addesso March 21‚ 2011 Psychotherapy Approaches within Treatment Overwhelming events are abundantly overflowing in today’s society. Both positive and negative events affect society in numerous ways. Depending on the specific circumstances of an event‚ both personally and socially‚ a person’s emotions can alter from one emotion to another. Many people are able to manage his or her emotions with a support system
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Psychological Treatment Approaches A broad range of psychological therapies are used to treat alcoholism. Some of the major ones are social skills training‚ motivational enhancement‚ behaviour contracting‚ cognitive therapy‚ marital and family therapy‚ aversion therapy and relaxation training. Alcoholism treatment can be highly effective‚ but the effectiveness depends on a few factors Person’s willingness major factor in overcoming alcoholism: The major factor whether alcoholism treatment ends up successfully
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Describe and evaluate Milgram’s study into obedience Milgram (1963)’s aim was to see the levels of obedience to authority‚ he recruited 40 male participants by advertising for volunteers on newspaper to take part of a study of memory at Yale University. Each individual was paid $4.50 and was told that they would receive this money even if they quit during the study. The participants were always the teachers and confederates were the learners. The participants were told that if the learner got
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Describe & Evaluate any two theories in developmental psychology Piaget’s (18961980) theory of moral development was based on his cognitive developmental theory. Piaget stated that children’s moral reasoning developed through a number of different stages similar to that of cognitive development. (Eysenck‚ M 2002) Piaget played games of marbles with children of different ages. He wanted to observe their understanding of the rules of that game and how important they thought it was to obey the rules
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Title: Psychology Part 2: Explain and evaluate criminal behaviour using two psychological approaches Psychology is an detailed‚ scientific study of the mind and behaviour. It clarifies how one may think‚ behave and feel‚ both individually and as a part of a social gathering. It also focuses on how the changes in ones brain can effect its structure and the way it causes the individual to behave in certain environments or situations. There are five major approaches in psychology; behavioural‚ biological
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Describe and evaluate any two theories in developmental psychology. By Aimee Kaur This paper will focus on two theories in moral development within developmental Psychology. There are three components to our morality; these are emotional‚ cognitive and behavioural. Shaffer (1993) described morals as a “set of principles or ideals that help the individual to distinguish right from wrong and to act on this decision” In his book ’The Moral Judgement of the Child’ (1932)‚ Piaget states that ’all
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