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1 mark
Which approach would explain mental illness as the result of being conflicted due to childhood experience?
The behaviourist approach
The cognitive approach
The humanistic approach
The psychodynamic approach
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First teaching 2017
Last exams 2026
Comparison of Approaches (AQA A Level Psychology): Exam Questions
Exam code: 7182
40 mins8 questions
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2 marks
Outline how the behaviourist approach would treat mental illness.
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1 mark
Which type of determinism is relevant to the cognitive approach?
Soft determinism
Hard determinism
Environmental determinsm
Psychic determinism
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1
4 marks
Explain how the biological approach would explain mental illness compared to the humanistic approach.
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2
4 marks
Identify one assumption of the psychodynamic approach. Explain one difference between the psychodynamic approach and social learning theory.
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3
4 marks
Compare research methods used in the behaviourist approach with research methods used in the humanistic approach.
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1
8 marks
Compare the humanistic approach with the psychodynamic approach.
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2
16 marks
Outline the cognitive approach. Compare the cognitive approach with the behaviourist approach.
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