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(GB) what is gender bias

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understanding behaviour based on misleading views of gender effects

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(GB) what is androcentrism

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centred on males

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(GB) what biases can androcentrism lead to

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alpha bias and beta bias

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(GB)what is alpha bias

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exaggerating the difference between men and women

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(GB)what is a consequence of alpha bias

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leads to stereotypes and one gender is devalued in comparison with the other

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(GB)example of a study showing alpha bias

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Chodorow (1968) said women develop better bonds and empathy due to daughters being connected to mothers from biological similarity

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(GB)what is beta bias

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Tendency to underestimate gender differences.

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(GB)examples of beta bias

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Zimbardo, Asch and Milgram didn’t include women and assumed they would have found the same results which minimises the gender differences where it may be inappropriate to do so.

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(GB)how can gender bias be overcome

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greater representation of women or men to prevent over generalising the results

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(CB)What is the definition of ‘cultural bias’?

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When all human behavior is interpreted from the perspective of one cultural viewpoint

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(CB)What are WEIRD people?

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(Westernised, Educated people from Industrialised, Rich Democracies) Henrich et al noted that ‘WEIRD’ people were most likely to be studied by psychologists.

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(CB)What is ethnocentrism ?

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When a researcher takes their own cultural behaviour as normal

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(CB)Give an example of ethnocentrism

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Ainsworth and Bell’s (1970) strange situation: developed to assess attachment types, many researchers believe that the same results can be generalised to all cultures even though the infants are American. German children had a higher rate of insecure avoidant attachment as German parents value and encourage independent behaviour.

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(CB)What is cultural relativism?

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Behaviours can only be understood from the perspective of its cultural context.

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(CB)Give an example of cultural relativism

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Sternberg (1985) pointed out that coordination skills that may be essential to life in a preliterate society may be mostly irrelevant to intelligent behaviour for most people

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(CB)What is the ‘etic’ approach?

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Behaviours that are universal across all cultural groups (smiling when happy)

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(CB)What is the ‘emic’ approach?

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Behaviours that apply only to certain cultural groups and identifies behaviours that are specific to that culture.

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(CB)What does ‘imposed etic’ mean?

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Ainsworth and Bell studied behaviours inside a single culture and assumed the ideal attachment type could be applied universally

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(CB)What does alpha bias mean with regard to culture?

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Occurs when a theory assumes that cultural groups are profoundly different

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(CB)What is beta bias with regard to culture?

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Occurs when real cultural differences are ignored or minimalised and all people are assumed to be the same

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(CB)What is universality with regard to culture?

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The idea that conclusions drawn in psychological research can be applied to everybody, everywhere regardless of time or culture

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(FWOD) What is hard determinism?

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Behaviour is completely predictable and controlled by causal factors. Seen as incompatible with free will

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(FWOD)What is soft determinism?

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Casual factors influence behaviour however free will allows choice

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(FWOD) What is biological determinism?

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Behaviour is controlled by aspects of biology,, genes etc

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(FWOD) What is free will?
Idea that we play an active role and have choice in how we behave. Individuals are self determines and free to chose behaviour
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(FWOD) What is psychic determinism?
Behaviour is the result of childhood experiences and your innate drives. Freuds model of psychosexual development
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(FWOD) What is environmental determinism?
Behaviour is caused by forces outside the individual. Therefore, behaviour is caused by previous experience learned through classical and operant conditioning.
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(NvN) What aspect does ‘nature’ focus on as driving behavior?
Inherited influences
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(NvN) What philosophical tradition does this follow on from?
Descartes
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(NvN) What does the ‘nature’ position propose about psychological characteristics?
They are determined by biological factors
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(NvN) What aspect does nurture focus on?
Influence of environment and experience
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(NvN) What philosophical tradition does this follow on from?
Locke - mind is a blank state
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(NvN) Which psychological approach is this position most closely aligned with?
Behaviour approach
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(NvN) What is the interactionist approach?
Both nature and nurture work together to shape human behaviour. The nature / nurture debate is out of date
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(NvN) What is the diathesis-stress model?
Behaviour is caused by a biological/ environmental vulnerability which is only expressed when coupled with a biological/environmental trigger
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(NvN) How is epigenetics seen to influence psychology?
A change in genetic activity without a change in the genetic code
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(NvN) Provide examples of the interactionist approach
An infants interaction type may be driven by the interaction of parental warmth (Bowlby 1965)
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(NvN) Provide an example of the diathesis stress model
Parents with schizophrenia have a genetic vulnerability, but this is only expressed if they come into contact with environmental triggers and may not otherwise develop the disorder
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(NvN) Provide an example of the epigenetic approach
Lifestyle (smoking, trauma) can cause genes to switch on/off which could also be passed on to offspring.
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(HvR) What are the 5 levels of explanation?
Social cultural Psychological/cognitive Behavioural Physiological Neurochemical
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(HvR) how do the explanations differ
They vary from those at a lower level focusing on basic components to those at a higher more holistic multi variable level
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(HvR) holism definition
Idea that human behaviour should be viewed as a whole integrated experience and not as separate parts
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(HvR) reductionism definition
The belief that human behaviour is best understood by studying the smaller constituent parts.
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(HvR) How does holism vs reductionism differ from other issues/debates
There is no continuum between holism and reductionism
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(HvR) 3 aspects of holism
-focuses on the individuals experience -compatible with the humanistic approach -uses qualitative measures to investigate the self
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(HvR) Apply all levels of explanation to OCD
Social and cultural – atypical behaviour (repetitative hand washing) Psychological – individual experience of obsessive thoughts Physical – sequence of movements in hand washing Environmental – learned experiences Physiological – abnormal functioning of frontal lobes Neurochemical – under-production of serotonin
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(HvR) environmental reductionism
All behaviour acquired through stimulus response interactions
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(HvR) biological reductionism
All behaviour is explained through neurochemical, physiological, evolutionary and genetic mechanisms
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(IvN) what does ideographic approach focus on
Focus on the individual and emphasise unique personal experience of human nature
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(IvN) what does nomothetic approach focus on
Concerned with establishing laws based on large group studies of people
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(IvN) 6 characteristics of idiographic approach
-Low number of ppts in research, often case studies -Focus on detail about the individual -generalisations could be made but initial focus is on individual -qualitative research -use of in depth unstructured interviews -analysis aims to identify emergent themes
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(IvN) 2 examples of idiographic approach
Associated with humanistic and psychodynamic approach Rogers : studied process of self development using therapeutic interviews. Freud : close observations of ‘Little Hans’ to explain phobias
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(IvN) 4 characteristics of nomothetic approach
-aim to quantify human behaviour to establish generalisations -use of quantitative research -related to scientific approach: hypothesis, sample recruitment and testing; data analysed for statistical significance -tools may include structured interviews of psychological tests
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(IvN) 2 examples of nomothetic approach
Associated with biological and behavioural approach Skinner : studies animals to ascertain general laws of learning. Focused on relationship between stimulus-response learning Sperry : split-brain research, using repeated testing to inform brain lateralisation
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(IvN) Compare objective vs subjectivity from the perspective of the idiographic and nomothetic approach
Idiographic – objectivity seen not possible. Individual experience of personal context. Nomothetic – objectivity is central to the approach. Uses standardised tests and aims to establish replication and exclude bias

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