Summarise key differences between perspectives in (a) what they consider worthy of study (b) methods they use to study human behaviour (c) application to explain behaviour

FIRST PERSPECTIVE

1.1 Explain the key characteristics of the first perspective (e.g. biological)

1.4 Explain how the biological perspective explains schizophrenia (faulty genes, excess levels of dopamine, damage to certain areas of the brain)

1.2 Evaluate the usefulness of this perspective in explaining schizophrenia using research evidence as support & alternative explanations from other perspectives as a limitation. You could also briefly mention the usefulness of the perspective in the development of practical applications such as development of an effective treatment for Schizophrenia - Drug Therapy

1.3 Evaluate the use of MRI and CAT scans as a method of investigating the disorder of schizophrenia.

SECOND PERSPECTIVE

1.1 Explain the key characteristics of the second perspective (e.g. behaviourism - learning theory). You should include Pavlov and Skinner and explain their conditioning principles.

1.4 Explain how the behaviourist (learning) perspective explains the development and maintenance of phobias (Mowrer's two-factor model) - development as a result of classical conditioning and maintenance as a result of operant conditioning

1.2 Evaluate the usefulness of this perspective in explaining phobias by using research evidence as support & alternative explanations from other perspectives as a limitation.

1.3 Evaluate the use of the experiment as a method of data gathering used by the behaviourist (learning) perspective

THIRD PERSPECTIVE

1.1 Explain the key characteristics of the third perspective (e.g. cognitive)

1.4 Explain how the cognitive perspective explains depression (negative schemas, negative automatic thinking, cognitive biases, the negative triad)

1.2 Evaluate (a) the usefulness of this perspective in explaining depression using research evidence as support & alternative explanations from other perspectives as a limitation.

1.3 Evaluate the use of clinical interviews and inventories (e.g. the HAD) as a method of gathering data. You can also evaluate the experimental method

Please leave a conclusion and Bibliography