MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Case Study Assignment
STUDENT ID NUMBER: 19007053
UNIT: Contemporary Issues in Psychology
UNIT LEADER: Jenny Cole
☒ I confirm I have checked my work against the Turnitin similarity
checker on Moodle
☒ I confirm this is my own work
Word count: 1427 excluding title and references
, With reference to psychological theory and research, apply two different
psychological approaches to one of the case studies provided on Moodle and
reflect on your experiences working with the different psychological
approaches.
Case study analysis: The case of Jack
The case of Jack shows that he is finding his university assignments difficult and
is struggling to cope with the workload he is provided with at university. The
biological approach and the evolutionary approach can be used to depict the
reasons as to why he is struggling with his workload. Both approaches use
stress as an explanation for his behaviour. Through exploring the theories and
assumptions of this approach, this essay will show that both the biological
approach and the evolutionary approach are useful in understanding this case
study.
Majority of the time, the biological approach and the evolutionary approach
both tend to use methods of collecting quantitative data in their research, such
as questionnaires and brain scans. Hypothetico-deductive methods are often
used in these studies to collect quantitative data in research. Even though both
approaches tend to use quantitative data in their research, evolutionary
psychology also use qualitative data to collect data. Qualitative data is
collected through methods such as interviews and these provide more detail in
DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Case Study Assignment
STUDENT ID NUMBER: 19007053
UNIT: Contemporary Issues in Psychology
UNIT LEADER: Jenny Cole
☒ I confirm I have checked my work against the Turnitin similarity
checker on Moodle
☒ I confirm this is my own work
Word count: 1427 excluding title and references
, With reference to psychological theory and research, apply two different
psychological approaches to one of the case studies provided on Moodle and
reflect on your experiences working with the different psychological
approaches.
Case study analysis: The case of Jack
The case of Jack shows that he is finding his university assignments difficult and
is struggling to cope with the workload he is provided with at university. The
biological approach and the evolutionary approach can be used to depict the
reasons as to why he is struggling with his workload. Both approaches use
stress as an explanation for his behaviour. Through exploring the theories and
assumptions of this approach, this essay will show that both the biological
approach and the evolutionary approach are useful in understanding this case
study.
Majority of the time, the biological approach and the evolutionary approach
both tend to use methods of collecting quantitative data in their research, such
as questionnaires and brain scans. Hypothetico-deductive methods are often
used in these studies to collect quantitative data in research. Even though both
approaches tend to use quantitative data in their research, evolutionary
psychology also use qualitative data to collect data. Qualitative data is
collected through methods such as interviews and these provide more detail in
