Acronyms Flashcards
(15 cards)
Gender bias
Usually all psych bias feels awful UAPBFA
Universality
Alpha bias
Psychodynamic theory
Beta bias
Fight or flight/tend and befriend
Androcentrism/gynocentrism
Gender bias AO3
Females barely participate in research
FBPR
- Fixed & enduring differences
+Biological differences - Promotes sexism in research
+Reflexivity
Cultural bias AO1
OWESCUm
Over-represented US students
WEIRD people set standard
Ethnocentrism
Strange situation
Cultural relativism
Universality vs cultural relativism
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Cultural bias AO3
Children in exams suffer
CIES
- Classic studies culturally-biased
+Individualism-collectivism distinction no longer apply
+Emergence of cultural psychology - Stereotype ethnic
Nature-nurture debate AO1
I don’t even need neuroscience mate
IDENNM
Interactionist approach
Diathesis-stress model
Epigentics
Nature
Nurture
Measuring nature & nurture
Nature-nurture debate AO3
All otters enjoy ramen
AOER
+Adoption studies
- Own nurture select environment
+Epigenetics support
+Real world application
Free will and determinism AO1
Dragons fry donuts then cry
DFDTC
Debate
Free will
Determinism
Types of determinism (BEP)
Causal explanation
Free will and determinism AO3
Please don’t ribbit constantly
PDRC
+Practical value
- Determinism evidence
- Responsibility of determinism in law
- Conscious awareness
Holism & reductionism AO1
Cobras hiss really loud before eating
CHRLBE
Continuum (not)
Holism
Reductionism
Levels of explanations
Biological reductionism
Environmental reductionism
Holism & reductionism AO3
Penguins sing melodic hymns
PSMH
H - Practical value lacks
R +Scientific status
R - Meaning lacks
R - Higher level explanation needed
Holism & reductionism levels of explanation AO1
Silly people practice every potion nightly
SPPEPN
Socio-cultural level
Psychological level
Physical level
Environmental/behavioural level
Physiological level
Neurochemical level
Idiographic & nomothetic AO1
Turtles in England never eat onions
TIENEO
Two approaches
Idiographic approach & qualitative research
Examples in psychology
Nomothetic approach & quantitative research
Examples in psychology
Objective vs subjective
Idiographic & nomothetic AO3
We rarely eat lasagna
WRAL
N&I +Work together
I - Restricted on own
N&I + Aims of science
I - Lose individual experience
Ethical implications of research studies & theory AO1
Every student is really doing fine
ESIRDF
Ethical issues, guidelines & implications
Socially sensitive research
Implications for research
Research questions
Dealing with participants
Findings used
Ethical implications of research AO3
Brains need proper psychology
BNPP
+Benefits for group studied
- Negative consequences
+Policymakers rely on SSR
- Poor research design long term impact
