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Question 1

Gender Bias

Answer 1

• biological and social explanations
  -sexism
  -gender bias research

Question 2

gender bias- Biological and social explanations

Answer 2

These gender bias are seen to be fixed when they are not. Maccoby and Jacklin - girls have better verbal and boys spatial ability. they suggested that these differences are hardwires. Joel found there are no sex differences in the brain.

Question 3

Sexism in research, issues and debates

Answer 3

promotes sexism, women remain unrepressented, research more likely to be by men,

Question 4

issues and debates -gender bias- fundings

Answer 4

Research challenging gender bias. Researcher analysed 1000 articles relating to gender bias, research on gender bias is less funded., not taken as seriously

Question 5

cultural bias, classical studies

Answer 5

most studies are culture biased, ie. Asch and Milgrim. examples,social influence individualist

Question 6

cultural bias cultural psychology

Answer 6

emergence of cultural psychology, study on how people shape and are shaped by cultural experiences, suggests psychologists should be more mindful of cultures

Question 7

Cultural bias- ethnic stereotypes

Answer 7

prejudiced, intelligence tests, first IQ was ethnocentric, eastern and american scored lowest- inadequacy, illustrates prejudice.

Question 8

FREE WILL AN DETERMINISM - practical value

Answer 8

practical value, exercise we have free choice on our everyday life, thinking we have free choice can help with mental health

Question 9

FREE WILL AND DETERMINISM - research determinism

Answer 9

brain scans do not support free instructed participants to pick a moment when to flick there wrist. the unconscious brain decided motion half a second before conscious brain.

Question 10

Free will and determinism -legal stsyem

Answer 10

determinims- crime

Question 11

Nature vs nurture adoption studies

Answer 11

adoption studies, competing for the to the debates, can seperate the two

Question 12

Nature vs nurture epigenetics

Answer 12

debate support, war hunger, pregnant women had low weight babies, these were most likely to be schizophrenic

Question 13

Nature vs Nurture real world application

Answer 13

real world application, OCD hereditary. Nestadt found .76. Genetic counseling, preventing the disorder

Question 14

Holism vs reductionist– practical value

Answer 14

lacks practical value, holism is more complex, if we accept there w will be multiple different ways something is caused. which is most influences

Question 15

holism and reductionist- scientific approach

Answer 15

often form scientific approach, operationalise, structuralism

Question 16

holism and reductionist- higher level

Answer 16

can be understood on higher level, some behaviors cant be understood in an individual way, zimbardo- interaction.

Question 17

idiographic and nomothetic - complete account

Answer 17

idiographic leads to nomethetic, nomathetic uses idiographic methods

Question 18

Idiographic and nomothetic- scientific credibility

Answer 18

both fit with aim of science, nomothetic- natural science, idiographic- objectivity,

Question 19

idiographic and nomathetic- losing the person

Answer 19

loss of understanding of the person, nomothetic general laws subjective experience,

Question 20

Ethical issues- benefits

Answer 20

benefits the group, homosexulaity and sociopathy, helps groups

Question 21

ethical issues- real world applications

Answer 21

certain groups rely on socially sensitive research, development on social policies, objective, providing high quality research, =

Question 22

ethical issues- poor research design

Answer 22

erroneous findings, 11+ exams