Contemporary Debates Flashcards
What are the main points you need to speak about in the behaviourist debate?
• Supernanny
• Dweck and Gunderson et al
• Le Francois
• Deci’s research into rewarding college students with a financial incentive, Intrinsic Extrinsic Rewards
What are the main points you need to speak about in the biological debate?
•Sarah and her electrical implant to treat depression
•Evaluate whether the implant is ethical
•An EEG machine that uses AI to detect who will benefit from a certain type of anti depressant
• Preventing crime using a low current of electricity to the brain
• Prison sentences
Raine argues that there is a biological factor
Transcranial direct current stimulation
Raine and choi at pensylvania
86 healthy adults gave half 20 mins of brain stimulation
Asked them to read sex and physical assualt
Rate likelihood of being
People with brain stim 47% admit
People without 70% admit
Reduced intention to commit crime
It’ll reduce pressure on crim justice system relieve nhs
Normal people conducted on
expensive on criminals as they need brain scans
