Issues and Debates

Issues and Debates

1. ETHICS

   • BPS GUIDELINES
     • RESPECT
       • CONFIDENTIALITY
       • CONSENT
       • WITHDRAW
     • INREGRITY
       • DECEPTION
     • RESPONSIBILITY
       • HARM
     • COMPETENCE
       • DEBRIEF
       • SKILL
   • ANIMALS
     • APPROPRIATE CARE
     • NO DISCOMFORT
     • QUALIFICATIONS
     • COST-BENEFIT
     • ALTERNATIVES
   • FAIR, LEAST HARM

2. PRACTICAL ISSUES

   • OPERATIONALISING
     • LAB
     • FIELD
     • ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY
       • NATURALISTIC
   • BIAS
   • SAMPLING
     • ANIMALS
     • HUMANS
   • METHOD
     • RELIABLE
     • VALID
   • COMPLEXITY OF VARIABLES
   • ETHICS
   • G.R.A.V.E.

3. REDUCTIONISM

   • OVERSIMPLYFYING THE COMPLEXITY OF PHYSICAL SYSTEMS AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT
   • CONTROL
     • DETAIL
     • SIMPLE
     • PRACTICAL
     • OBJECTIVE
   • TOO SIMPLISTIC-NOT USEFUL
     • MANY FACTORS
     • NO FULL EXPLANATION
     • ISOLATING VAR.
     • OTHER EXPLANATIONS
   • HOLISM
     • SOCIAL
   • PHYSIOLOGICAL
     • BOLIOGICAL
   • MACHINE
     • COGNITIVE
   • EVOLUTIONARY
     • LEARNING
     • BIOLOGICAL
   • ENVIRONMENTAL
     • LEARNING

4. WAYS OF EXPLAINING BEHAVIOUR

   • LEARNING
     • CLASSICAL COND
       • STIMULUS
       • RESPONSE
       • REFLEX
       • WATSON AND RAYNER
     • OPERANT COND
       • + OR - REINFORCEMENT
       • sKINNER
     • SLT
       • OBSERVATION
       • IMITATION
       • ROLE MODEL
       • VICARIOUS REINFORCEMENT
       • BANDURA
   • COGNITIVE
     • MULTI STORE
       • STM
         • ACOOUSTIC
       • LTM
         • SEMANTIC
       • SENSORY
       • REPETITION
       • PRIMACY/RECENCY
     • WMM
       • STM
         • VISUOSPATIAL S.
         • PHONOLOGICAL
         • CE
     • LTM
       • EPISODIC
       • SEMANTIC
     • RECONSTRUCTIVE
       • SCHEMAS
       • RATIONALISATION
       • ONFABULATION
       • NDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
   • BIOLOGICAL
     • BRAIN FUNCT
     • HORMONES
     • NTs
     • GENES
     • AGGRESSION
     • FREUD
       • 3PART PERS.
       • PSYCHOSEXUAL DEV.
   • SOCIAL
     • SOCIAL IDENTITY
       • 2 GROUPS
         • PREJUDICE
       • SELF-CONCEPT
       • BELONGING TO A GROUP
     • REALISTIC CONFLICT
       • 2 GROUPS
         • COMPETITION
           • PREJUDICE

5. PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE

   • OBJECTIVITY
     • BIOLOGICAL
     • COGNITIVE
     • SCANS
     • LAB
   • FALSIFIABILITY
     • FREUD
     • SOCIAL
       • PREJUDICE
     • LEARNING
     • COGNITIVE
       • WMM
     • BIOLOGICAL
   • CAUSALITY
     • BIOLOGICAL
     • LEARNING
       • CLASSICAL
     • SOCIAL
       • SHERIF
   • PARADIGM
     • SOCIAL
     • LEARNING
     • COGNITIVE
     • BIOLOGICAL
     • THEORY
   • EMPIRICAL
     • QUANTITATIVE
     • BIOLOGICAL
     • COGNITIVE
     • LEARNING
       • OBSERVATIONS

6. GENDER AND CULTURE

   • CULTURAL RELATIVISM
     • CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH
       • UNIVERSAL CHAR
       • CULTURALLY UNIQUE
       • RELIABLE TRATMENT
   • ETHNOCENTRISM
     • EUROCENTRISM
       • IQ TEST
     • NEGATIVE
   • RESEARCH TRADITION
     • RESPONSES
   • GENDER BIAS
   • GENERALISABILITY
   • INDIVISUALISTIC VS COLLECTIVIST
     • "I"
     • "WE"
   • GRPS OF PPL WITH DIFFERING NORMS,MORES,LANGUAGE ETC
     • SUB-CULTURE
   • MASCULINE VS. FEMININE
     • M= GOAL ORIENTED
     • F= PROCESS ORIENTED

7. NATURE VS NURTURE

   • CHARACTERISTICS= BIOLOGY+GENES
     • BIOLOGICAL APPROACH
       • SCANS
       • LESIONS
       • GENES
       • HORMONES
       • NTs
     • COGNITIVE APPROACH
       • HM AND SURGERY
       • COGNITION
         • MEMORY
     • ETIC
   • TABULA RASA, LEARN FROM ENVIRONMENT
     • SOCIAL APPROACH
       • AGENCY THEORY
       • SOCIAL IDENTITY
       • SOCIAL IMPACT
     • LEARNING APPROACH
       • SLT
       • REINFORCEMENT
         • INCENTIVE
     • EMIC

8. SOCIAL CONTROL

   • PPL BEING REGULATED FOR SOCIETY'S SAKE
     • INTERNALISATION
     • SANCTIONS
   • PSYCHOTHERAPIES
     • FALSE BELIEFS
       • HARM
       • BETH RUTHERFORD
   • DRUG THERAPIES
     • CHEAPER
     • EASIER
     • ALTERNATIVES
       • CBT, ECOTHERAPY ETC.
   • TOKEN ECONOMY
     • BEING FORCED
   • FORMS OF POWER
     • EXPERT
     • REWARD
     • LEGITIMATE
     • COERCIVE
     • REFERENT
     • INFORMATIONAL

9. PSYCHOLOGY OVER TIME

   • SUBJECTIVE TO OBJECTIVE
     • CASE STUDY TO LAB EXP
     • MORE PPS
   • FOCUS
     • OBSERVATION TO ANALYSIS
     • CAUSE-EFFECT
     • REDUCTIONISM VS HOLISM
   • METHODOLOGY
     • MIX AND MATCH
     • DESIGN
       • RELAIBILITY
       • VALIDITY
   • ETHICAL GUIDELINES
   • TECHNOLOGY
     • SCANS
   • CROSS-REFERENCING
     • BIO+COG
   • NEW AREAS: NEUROSCIENCE

10. KNOWLEDGE WITHIN SOCIETY

    • TREATMENTS
      • DRUGS
      • THERAPIES
    • SOLUTIONS
      • REDUCING PREJUDICE
      • FOOTBALL HOOLIGANISM
      • LEARNING DIFFICULTIES
    • EDUCATE

11. SOCIALLY SENSITIVE RESEARCH

    • IDENTIFIES PROBLEMS
      • SOLUTION
    • EDUCATES
      • REDUCE PREJUDICE
    • PRIVATE
    • STRESSFUL
    • HARM/DISCOMFORT
      • PP
      • FAMILY
      • RESEARCHER
    • STIGMA
      • LABELLING
    • HANDLED WITH CARE
      • RESEARCH Q
      • PP TREATMENT
      • INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT
      • USE OF FINDINGS