A Level Psychology Issues and Debates Keywords

Centred on or dominated by males

An exaggeration between males and females

An assumption that findings on males also apply to females

Seeing the world only from one cultures perspective

Behaviour can only properly understood only if the cultural context is taken

When something can be applied to everyone

The view that free will is an illusion and behaviour is govern by internal and external forces we have no control over

The view that forces outside our body shape our behaviour and that we have no control over these factors (biology, past experiences)

The view that forces outside our body shape our behaviour and that we have some control over these factors (environment)

An idea we have an active role in how we behave and our choices are our own

An idea that human behaviour is innate and determined by genes

An idea that human behaviour is determined by forces outside the individual

An idea that human behaviour is determined by childhood experiences and innate drives

The view that behaviour is the product of innate biological factors

The view that behaviour is the product of the environmental influences

The view that behaviour is the product of both innate biological factors and environmental influences

The belief that human behaviour can be broken down into smaller componenets

Behaviour being broken down that to a physical level (neruons, neurotransmitters, hormones, brain structures)

Behaviours being broken down by into stimulus and response chains (2 names __ __/__ __)

The belief that human behaviour has to as a whole intergrated experience

A focus on the individual usually relating to case studies

A focus on the majority and tries to create general laws relating to lab studies

The percentage for 1st standard deviation

The percentage for 2nd standard deviation