Issues and Debates: All key terms and studies Flashcards
WHAT ARE ALL 5 GENDER BIAS TERMS?
-Gender bias
-Alpha bias
-Beta bias
-Androcentrism
-Universality
What is Gender Bias?
When a study or theory either fails to account for genuine gender differences, or when gender differences are exaggerated
What is alpha bias?
Exaggerating differences between genders
What is beta bias?
Ignoring genuine differences between genders
What is androcentrism?
Only viewing things from a male perspective
What is universality?
Being able to generalise a theory across cultures and genders
What is culture bias?
Ignoring or exaggerating differences between cultures
What is cultural relativism?
Learning to understand a culture before making a judgement
What is ethnocentrism?
Only viewing things from your own cultural perspective
What are the ethical terms?
-Ethical Boards
-Ethical guidelines
-Ethical implications
-Socially sensitive research
What is ethical boards?
Members of a university psychology department will sit on an ethics board to discuss whether
What are ethical guidelines?
BPS code used to decide whether to study ethical things
What are the different terms for free will?
-Biological determinism
-Causal explanations
-Determinism
-Environmental determinism
-Free will
-Hard determinism
-Psychic determinism
-Soft determinism
What are the different terms for nature-nurture debate?
-Empiricist
-Environment
-Epigenetics
-Heredity
-Interactionist
-Nativist
-Nature
-Nurture
-“Tabula Rasa”
What are the different terms for reductionism?
-Biological reductionism
-Environmental reductionism
-Holism
-Levels of explanation
-Machine reductionism
-Reductionism
