Edexcel A-Level Psychology Paper 3
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issues and debates- ethics - Answer>> HUMANS:
deception
debrief
informed consent
confidentiality
right to withdraw
protection from harm
ANIMAL:
- research needs potential value
- need to justify costs in light of benefits
- replace with non-sentient alternatives
- reduce number of animals being used
- refine procedures so suffering is minimised
- animal research and researcher should be licensed
issues and debates- practical issues - Answer>> - reliability
- validity (ecological, internal, external, population)
- generalisability
- standardised procedure
- qualitative or quantitative data
- lab or field experiment
- sample type
- time and money
- subjective or objective
- demand characteristics/ Hawthorne effect
issues and debate- is psychology a science - Answer>> science
criteria: non-scientific:
- replicable - holistic
- falsifiable - subjective
, - evidential support eg field exp - few controls
- reductionist - lack reliability
- objective - qualitative data
- quantitative data
- generalisable
issues and debates- social control - Answer>> - the control of
behaviour in society
- social: reduce out-group prejudice eg hooligans; used by
governments to create out-group discrimination; train soldiers to
obey orders; governments abuse power
- cognitive: control students eg revision; control behaviour of
witnesses; info may be manipulated eg police tamper
- biological: screen population; leads to stigma and labelling;
reduce criminal behaviour eg drug treatments; governments use
power against will
- learning: reduce phobias; people use cc to advantage eg make
phobias; rewards and punishments= safe society; token economy
misused by police officers; children have positive role models;
bad models by people in power
- criminal: screen population, people may not want to be tested;
control behaviour eg sfp; control good people never turning to
crime; control witnesses= accurate info; intimidation in interview;
rehabilitation for criminals; treat people against their will;
- clinical: people can get diagnosis and find ways to treat; but
people may not want to be diagnosed, stigmatised; can prevent
causes if known to prevent shiz; but won't always lead to disorder;
can give people help needed to function in society; people may
not want to be treated or treated against free will; screen
population; therapist have power over patient
issues and debates- use of psychological knowledge in society -
Answer>> - social: reduce prejudice informed by ideas such as
superordinate goals; obedience helped by face to face orders,
ensuring all obey and using places of authority
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