Issues And Debates Studies Flashcards
What Studies can you use for gender bias in psychology?
Evolutionary explanation of aggression - domestic violence occurs due to men, socially sensitive if let men get off with their crimes- alpha bias
Bowlby into attachment - in 1950’s primary caregiver often was the mother
Ainsworth - only investigated mother and child
What Studies can you use for ethnocentrism in psychology?
Ainsworth - been criticised as her idea of a secure attachment type was influenced by her culture
Van Ijzendoorn and Kroonenberg - Japan most insecure resistant and Germany most insecure avoidant. Suggests parenting in these countries is inferior. Imposed etic- socially sensitive
What Studies can be used for ethical ?
Milgram - no informed consent, deception, psychological harm, physical harm - man developed a stress rash, debrief - 11 months later
Milgram argued against criticisms by saying he did not expect participants to go all the way - he estimated 1% before study.
74% said glad to have taken part and valuable info was gained
Bandura - aggression is down to exposure - deterministic, could lead to an excuse for individuals to be aggressive
What Studies can be used for Free will vs determinism?
Biological - genes causes depression
Environmental - reinforcement
Psychic - Freud
Deterministic - violent video games and aggression
What Studies can be used for reductionist levels ?
SZ
high - relaxed attitudes to drugs
Middle - cognitive functioning
Low - genes
What Studies can be used for holistic approach ?
Look at family life, diet of a SZ patient
The compromise is - interactionist approach which combines 2 or more reductionist approaches
What Studies can be used for nature?
Dopamine hypothesis - regulated by drugs and other biological interventions, but it is deterministic
What study can be used for nurture ?
Family environment of SZ - EE
Led to therapy
What study can be used for nomothetic approach?
Hazan and shaver - love quiz , been used to make universal predictors
What study can be used for idiographic approach?
Freud - case studies of little Hans to develop the Oedipus complex theory which is generalised to all people
