AQA A-Level Psychology: Approaches in Psychology

Discuss the behaviourist approach in psychology. Refer to classical conditioning and operant conditioning in your answer. [16 marks]

Outline and evaluate the psychodynamic approach in psychology. [8 marks]

Outline the four mediational processes in social learning theory. [6 marks]

Priya is at a restaurant she has never visited before. Without being told, she knows to wait to be seated, to expect a menu, and to pay at the end of the meal. Her friend jokes that she seems to know exactly what is going to happen next.

Use your knowledge of the cognitive approach to explain Priya's behaviour. [6 marks]

Outline two assumptions of the biological approach in psychology. [4 marks]

Explain one difference between the humanistic approach and the behaviourist approach. [4 marks]