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Why do different perspectives in psychology use different methods?.

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Have a little read: ... Why do different perspectives in psychology use different methods?. Psychology is a diverse and multi-perspective discipline due in part to its origins in biology, physiology and medicine. Because our behaviour is determined by different factors, such as our personal characteristics, our social environment, our cultural environment and our genetic endowment, psychologists have had to adopt a large number of approaches to its study. The dominance of different methods and theories has also been influenced by historical events and cultural shifts in the way knowledge is gained and data evaluated. This essay sets out to explain why different psychological perspectives use different methods. It outlines, with reference to the historical and cultural shifts that have influenced them, the guiding philosophy behind three psychological perspectives: Behaviourism, which advocates that behaviour can be studied through observation alone with no reference being made to the mental state; the cognitive approach, which proposes that more focus

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