AICE PSYCH Paper 2 Exam Questions and
Answers
1. social approach Correct Answer: concerned with how humans interact with each other
2. strengths of social approach Correct Answer: can view how
society acts and interacts can understand how we act socially
holisitc
3. weaknesses of social approach Correct Answer: what is true now might
not be true in the future behavior is complex and hard to control
enthnocentric
4. developmental approach Correct Answer: concerned with change and development
over time
5. strengths of developmental Correct Answer: provides info on
how we change with age info on what is learned and what is inherited
emphasizes change and growth
6. weaknesses of developmental Correct
Answer: takes long time ethics
generalizations
7. cognitive approach Correct Answer: mental processes such as remembering or problem
solving
8. strengths of cognitive Correct Answer: uses
experimental method deals with mind so is central
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, to understanding humans
engages how we thin
9. weaknesses of cognitive Correct
Answer: assumptions reductionists
10. individual differences approach Correct Answer: each persons ditterences and
intelligence has an impact of society
11. strengths of individual Correct Answer: understand
ditterence between us and unique ppl ditterences not generalizations
looks at abnormal so we can see what is normal
12. weaknesses of individual Correct Answer: might
have limited generalizability diflcult to recognize normalicy
hard to replicate
13. physiological approach Correct Answer: explores human behavior and experiences by
looking at people as if they were biological machines
14. strengths of physiological approach Correct
Answer: direct observation uses more scientific methods
functions usually the same in every culture
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Answers
1. social approach Correct Answer: concerned with how humans interact with each other
2. strengths of social approach Correct Answer: can view how
society acts and interacts can understand how we act socially
holisitc
3. weaknesses of social approach Correct Answer: what is true now might
not be true in the future behavior is complex and hard to control
enthnocentric
4. developmental approach Correct Answer: concerned with change and development
over time
5. strengths of developmental Correct Answer: provides info on
how we change with age info on what is learned and what is inherited
emphasizes change and growth
6. weaknesses of developmental Correct
Answer: takes long time ethics
generalizations
7. cognitive approach Correct Answer: mental processes such as remembering or problem
solving
8. strengths of cognitive Correct Answer: uses
experimental method deals with mind so is central
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, to understanding humans
engages how we thin
9. weaknesses of cognitive Correct
Answer: assumptions reductionists
10. individual differences approach Correct Answer: each persons ditterences and
intelligence has an impact of society
11. strengths of individual Correct Answer: understand
ditterence between us and unique ppl ditterences not generalizations
looks at abnormal so we can see what is normal
12. weaknesses of individual Correct Answer: might
have limited generalizability diflcult to recognize normalicy
hard to replicate
13. physiological approach Correct Answer: explores human behavior and experiences by
looking at people as if they were biological machines
14. strengths of physiological approach Correct
Answer: direct observation uses more scientific methods
functions usually the same in every culture
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