PYC4802 – Assignment 1 questions
1. Circular causality means
(1) A causes B and B causes C
(2) A causes B and C causes B
(3) A and B together cause C
(4) A causes B and B causes A
Leeza: I believe this is the only
Natalie: Agreed
Elvine: Agreed
Melissa: Agree
Debby: - Agreed
2. A psychologist who believes that people’s behaviour is pre-determined
and views human beings as having no freedom of choice might be
using the … model of psychopathology
(1) biological
(2) psychodynamic
(3) humanistic
(4) 1 and 2
Leeza: Biological is physical, which is believed to be pre-determined behaviour if effected by a
physical symptom, and psychodynamic is freud’s theory basically, which says everything is your
mother’s fault! You had no choice. Lolol
Natalie: I hear your argument Leeza, but I think I’m sticking with (1) Biological here. Psychodynamic
is all about unresolved issues from your childhood, which does not lend itself to being ‘pre-
determined’? Whereas biological is most certainly innate and pre-determined?
Elvine: (4) Both Psychodynamics and the biological model assume that your behaviour is not freely
chosen but is a consequence of your relationships or biology….
Melissa: (4) A weakness of the psychodynamic approach is that it is deterministic - it suggests that
behaviour is pre-determined and people do not have free will. For eg the psychosexual stages.
Debby: (4) –yes… agree both biological and psychodynamic claim behaviour is driven by forces
beyond your control.
3. A psychologist who believes that abnormal behaviour can be eliminated
by making the client aware of the underlying intrapsychic processes is
using the … model
(1) biochemical
(2) behaviourist
(3) psychoanalytic
(4) humanistic
Leeza: so says the book
Natalie: Agreed
Elvine: Agreed
Melissa: Agree
Debby - yup
4. The medical model focuses on …
(1) intrapsychic conflicts
(2) underlying physiological defects
(3) the driving forces of the mind
(4) the communicative function of symptoms
Leeza: Kinda obvious?? physiciologal = physical = medical
Natalie: Agreed
Elvine: Ditto
Melissa: Agree
1. Circular causality means
(1) A causes B and B causes C
(2) A causes B and C causes B
(3) A and B together cause C
(4) A causes B and B causes A
Leeza: I believe this is the only
Natalie: Agreed
Elvine: Agreed
Melissa: Agree
Debby: - Agreed
2. A psychologist who believes that people’s behaviour is pre-determined
and views human beings as having no freedom of choice might be
using the … model of psychopathology
(1) biological
(2) psychodynamic
(3) humanistic
(4) 1 and 2
Leeza: Biological is physical, which is believed to be pre-determined behaviour if effected by a
physical symptom, and psychodynamic is freud’s theory basically, which says everything is your
mother’s fault! You had no choice. Lolol
Natalie: I hear your argument Leeza, but I think I’m sticking with (1) Biological here. Psychodynamic
is all about unresolved issues from your childhood, which does not lend itself to being ‘pre-
determined’? Whereas biological is most certainly innate and pre-determined?
Elvine: (4) Both Psychodynamics and the biological model assume that your behaviour is not freely
chosen but is a consequence of your relationships or biology….
Melissa: (4) A weakness of the psychodynamic approach is that it is deterministic - it suggests that
behaviour is pre-determined and people do not have free will. For eg the psychosexual stages.
Debby: (4) –yes… agree both biological and psychodynamic claim behaviour is driven by forces
beyond your control.
3. A psychologist who believes that abnormal behaviour can be eliminated
by making the client aware of the underlying intrapsychic processes is
using the … model
(1) biochemical
(2) behaviourist
(3) psychoanalytic
(4) humanistic
Leeza: so says the book
Natalie: Agreed
Elvine: Agreed
Melissa: Agree
Debby - yup
4. The medical model focuses on …
(1) intrapsychic conflicts
(2) underlying physiological defects
(3) the driving forces of the mind
(4) the communicative function of symptoms
Leeza: Kinda obvious?? physiciologal = physical = medical
Natalie: Agreed
Elvine: Ditto
Melissa: Agree
