Lesson 3.6.1
3.6.1 Nature/nurture, free will/determinism and reductionism/holism in applied psychology Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 3
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The 20 questions
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Which debate asks if behaviour is caused by innate or environmental factors?
- Idiographic versus nomothetic
- Free will versus determinism
- Nature versus nurture
- Reductionism versus holism
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What term describes the belief that we have total control over our own actions?
- Free will
- Soft determinism
- Hard determinism
- Biological reductionism
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Which viewpoint argues that all behaviour has internal or external causes?
- Determinism
- Holism
- Free will
- Interactionism
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What type of determinism suggests behaviour is driven by unconscious childhood conflicts?
- Environmental determinism
- Genetic determinism
- Psychic determinism
- Biological determinism
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Which approach breaks complex behaviour down into basic physiological units?
- Holism
- Reductionism
- Interactionism
- Idiographic
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What perspective considers behaviour as a whole system rather than separate parts?
- Reductionism
- Holism
- Biological approach
- Nomothetic
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Which debate is highlighted when explaining criminal behaviour solely through MAOA gene variants?
- Free will
- Environmental holism
- Biological reductionism
- Psychic determinism
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What issue arises when psychological treatments ignore a patient's cultural background?
- Reductionism
- Ethnocentrism
- Hard determinism
- Holism
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A therapist assumes a client chooses to change completely. Which debate does this support?
- Environmental determinism
- Biological determinism
- Free will
- Reductionism
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Diagnosing a mental disorder purely by neurotransmitter levels is an example of what?
- Holistic therapy
- Interactionism
- Free will
- Biological reductionism
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Which concept best describes the diathesis-stress model in explaining psychological disorders?
- Pure environmentalism
- Strict reductionism
- Hard determinism
- Interactionist approach
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What type of determinism claims reinforcement schedules completely dictate human actions?
- Genetic determinism
- Environmental determinism
- Psychic determinism
- Biological determinism
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Which stance accepts that biology influences us, but humans still make conscious choices?
- Biological reductionism
- Soft determinism
- Hard determinism
- Environmental determinism
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Why is the humanistic approach considered holistic rather than reductionist?
- Considers whole person
- Measures brain waves
- Focuses on genetics
- Analyses isolated reflexes
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Treating phobias with token economy programmes relies heavily on which assumption?
- Free will
- Holism
- Environmental determinism
- Biological reductionism
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What criticism is most commonly levelled against psychological holism?
- Overly reductionist
- Ignores social context
- Lacks scientific testing
- Too simplistic
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A psychologist claims addiction is entirely inherited. Which side of the debate is this?
- Nurture
- Nature
- Free will
- Holism
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Using a multi-disciplinary mental health team reflects which philosophical viewpoint?
- Nomothetic approach
- Holism
- Biological reductionism
- Hard determinism
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Which debate questions whether psychology should study unique individuals or universal laws?
- Free will versus determinism
- Idiographic versus nomothetic
- Reductionism versus holism
- Nature versus nurture
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Which methodological issue occurs when psychological theories fail to account for both cultural influences?
- Holism
- Reductionism
- Determinism
- Ethnocentrism
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