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How can I compare and contrast the biological and psychodynamic perspectives as explanations of human behaviour

-- Henry Felton (henryda8uk@yahoo.com), November 05, 2002

Answers

First, read up on both using a textbook or other source. Figure out which perspective handles which problems better -- more plausibly and parsimoniously. Figure out which important problems are addressed inadequately by both. For instance, psychodynamic may explain better why relationship breakdown leads to depression, but the biological aproach may be better at explaining drug additction.

-- Christopher Green (christo@yorku.ca), November 05, 2002.

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