Issues

Question 1

What are the ethical considerations in psychology?

Answer 1

Deception
Right to withdraw consent
Informed consent
Privacy
Protection from harm (psychological or physical)

Question 2

What is Cultural bias in psychology?

Answer 2

Cultural bias:
- the tendency to treat one culture more favourably than other cultures
- Emic = assumption that meaning of behaviour can only be defined from within a culture
- Etic = assumes that theoretical ideas are applicable to all cultures and that humans have common behaviour universally
- Ethnocentrism = belief in superiority of one’s own cultural group

Question 3

What is Gender bias in psychology?

Answer 3

Gender bias:
- The tendency to treat one gender less favourably than the other
- Alpha bias = exaggerates differences between sexes
- Beta bias = ignores differences between sexes
- Androcentrism = a view where male behaviour is seen as the norm and female is atypical