Issues and debates definitions

Question 1

What is the definition of sampling bias?

Answer 1

Sampling bias refers to when the sample in a study does not represent the target population.

Question 2

What is the definition of ethnocentrism?

Answer 2

That a culture or behaviour is judged by the standard of that culture whilst trying to explain or apply the behaviour of all humans.

Question 3

What is the definition of the nature/nurture debate?

Answer 3

na-believes our behaviour is innate and a result of biological processes (genes, hormones, evolution etc.)

nu- believes our behaviour is a result of our upbringing and environmental factors (e.g. family life).

Question 4

What is the definition of the reductionist/holistic debate?

Answer 4

R- breaking down behaviours into smaller component parts

H- the whole is greater than the sum of its parts

Question 5

What is the definition of the individual/situational debate?

Answer 5

I-centered on one person and behaviour could be the result of personality

S-Focuses on the situation that a person is in and behaviour fits around it

Question 6

What is the definition of usefulness?

Answer 6

The extent to which psychological research can be considered useful beyond the study

Question 7

What is the definition of the socially sensitive debate?

Answer 7

research that may be controversial which can offend a person/group/culture.