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A Level Psychology > Paper3 Issues And Debates > Flashcards

Paper3 Issues And Debates Flashcards

1
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Ethnocentrism

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Researchers think their own culture is superior

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Imposed etic

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Researchers cultural norms are assumed to be applicable to all cultures
Looks at universality

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Imposed emic

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Culturally specific ideas wrongly imposed on another culture

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Universality

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Behaviour applied to all regardless differences of gender, culture etc

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Cultural relativism

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Behaviour cannot be judged properly unless views in context of where it originates from

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Cultural bias

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Judgment of people in terms of someone’s cultural beliefs

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Nature vs nurture

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Biological debate if behaviour is influenced biologically or environmentally

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Nativism

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Mind possessing innate ideas at birth
Unaware of dna concept (nat)

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Empiricism

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Knowledge comes from experience
Tabula rasa (blank slate)
(Nurt)

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Interactionism

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Genes interact with environment
(Epigenic modification)

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Epigenetic modification

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Genes interact with the environment

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12
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Diathesis stress

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Mental health condition genetically inherited but environmentally triggered to develop

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13
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Determinism

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Behaviour set by forces outside of our control

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Hard determinism

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Forces outside of our control decide our behaviour
No room for free will

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Environmental determinism

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Experience in the world shapes our behaviour based on reinforcement or culture

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Soft determinism

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Internal or external forces decide our behaviour but to an extent
Free will exists

17
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Biological determinism

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Behaviour is set by our genetics

18
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Psychic determinism

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Innate desires shaped by childhood experiences form unconscious forces that determine behaviour

19
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Reciprocal determinism

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Bandura- our actions shape our environment and vice versa

20
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Holism

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Behaviour comes from multiple factors

21
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Parsimony

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Simplest explanation is the best one

22
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Reductionism

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Breaking down complex phenomenon into simpler components

23
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Biological reductionism

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Complex human behaviour due to simple biology

24
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Environmental reductionism

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Stimulus response behaviour

25
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Machine reductionism

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Brain functions like a computer ignoring emotions

26
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Experimental reductionism

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Complex behaviour is reduced to an isolated variable for the purpose of testing

27
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Nomothetic

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General laws apply to all

28
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Idiographic

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Each individual is unique

A Level Psychology (11 decks)

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