Issues and Debates

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Universality
Any underlying characteristic of human beings that is capable of being applied to all, despite any differences.
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Gender Bias
Tendency to treat one individual or group in a different way to the other, in reference to the gender.
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Alpha Bias
Psychological theories that suggest there are real and enduring differences between men and women.
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Beta Bias
Theories that ignore/minimize differences between the sexes.
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Cultural Bias
Tendency to ignore the differences between different cultures.
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Ethnocentrism
Judging other cultures by the standards and values of one's own culture.
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Free Will
The notion that humans can make choices and are not determined by biological or external factors.
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Determinism
The view that an individual's behaviour is shaped or controlled by internal or external forces rather than an individuals will to do something.
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Hard Determinism
Implies that free will is not possible as our behaviour is always caused by internal or external events that are beyond our control.
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Soft Determinism
All events, including human behaviour, have causes, but behaviour can also be determined by our conscious choices in the absence of coercion.
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Biological Determinism
The belief that behaviour is caused by biological (genetic, hormonal, evolutionary) influences that we cannot control.
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Environmental Determinism
The belief that our behaviour is caused by features of the environment (such as rewards and punishments) that we cannot control.
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The Nature-Nurture Debate
Concerned with the extent to which aspects of behaviour are a product of inherited or acquired characteristics.
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Heredity
The genetic transmission of mental and physical characteristics from one generation to another.
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Environment
Any influence on human behaviour that is non-genetic (includes pre-natal influences in the womb).
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The Interactionist Approach
The idea that nature and nurture are linked to such an extent that it does not make sense to separate the two.
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Holism
An argument or theory which proposes that it only makes sense to study an indivisible system rather than its constituent parts.
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Reductionism
The belief that human behaviour is best explained by breaking it down into smaller constituent parts.
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Idiographic Approach
Focuses more on the individual case as a means of understanding behaviour.
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Nomothetic Approach
Attempts to study human behaviour through the development of general principles and universal laws.
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Ethical Implications
The impact that psychological research can have in terms of the rights of the participants.
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Tendency to treat one individual or group in a different way to the other, in reference to the gender.

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Gender Bias

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Psychological theories that suggest there are real and enduring differences between men and women.

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Theories that ignore/minimize differences between the sexes.

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Tendency to ignore the differences between different cultures.

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