AICE Psychology

The Individual-Situational debate looks at the different explanations for behaviour, in regards to a persons....

• economical status
• income
• genetics
• natural disposition and genetics

The Individual explanation, centres on a single person, and their behaviours are unique to them due to

• Personal opinion
• Physical Features
• Biological factors (DNA)
• Analyzation 

A situational explanation can be described as

• Dysfunctional Behaviour
• looks past the individual and into their surroundings,ocusing on current events and social stimuli, such as media/group pressures and natural/innate 
• Chemical balance
• Genetics

One individual strength could be....

• new personality traits/behaviours may emerge under certain situations
• focuses on the situation a person is in that leads to their behaviour
• provides evidence that a person is not predisposed to act a certain way
• looks at predisposition to certain behaviour

A situational weakness could be..

• studies can be conducted on individuals rather than struggling to gain access to a group
• artificial environments can lead to demand characteristics
• doesn't believe external factors are the cause of behaviours
• allows predictions to be made

What is a theory?

• ased upon a hypothesis and backed by evidence.
• backed up by opinions
• a guess
• its not provable 

What are the two key components in a physiological theory?

• must be an opinion and can't predict behaviors
• only for emotions
• It must describe a behavior andIt must make predictions about future behaviors
• used to predict future references but can't be proven by scientist

State two Psychology theories

• Developmental and Grand theories
• Mini theories and Opinion theories
• Behavior theories and Mental theories
• Personality theories and Disease theories

What is reliability?

• refers to the consistency of a research study or measuring test.
• trusting someone else
• letting others do an experiment
• not measuring a test

What is one type of reliability?

• inner
• internal 
• case study
• correlation