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define alpha bias?
exaggerating differences
between
genders
define beta bias?
ignoring genuine differences
between
genders
define androcentrism?
only
viewing things
from
male perspective
define ethnocentrism?
only
viewing things
from your
own cultural perspective
define cultural relativism?
learning
to
understand
a
culture
before making a
judgement
define universality?
being able to
generalise
a
theory
across
cultures
&
genders
what is socially sensitive research?
any
research
that has
wider ethical implications outside
of the
research context
define nature?
explaining behaviour
in terms of
innate factors
define nuture?
explaining behaviour
in terms of
environmental factors
what is the interactionist approach?
explaining
behaviour
using both
nature
&
nurture perspectives
what is hard determinism?
an
explanation
that suggests there is
no room
for
free will
what is soft determinsm?
an
explanation
that suggests there is
some room
for
free will
but
behaviour
is largely
pre determined
what is free will?
an
explanation
that suggests we can
choose
our
own destiny
what is biological determinism?
an
explanation
that
suggests
our
behaviour
is
controlled
by
biological processes
what is environmental determinism?
an explanation that suggests our
behaviour
is
determined
by our
environmental exposure
what is psychic determinism?
an explanation that suggests our
behaviour
is
driven
by our
childhood experiences
&
unconscious
drives
what is biological reductionism?
an explanation that
reduces behaviour
down to the role of
biological processes
what is environmental reductionism?
an explanation that
reduces
our
behaviour
down to role of our
environmental exposures
define holism?
looking at
mind
&
behaviour
as a
whole
what are levels of explanations?
the
extent
to which a thoery is
holistic
/
reductionist
what is idiographic approach?
studying
individuals
without a
focus
on forming
general laws
what is nomothetic approach?
studying
large groups
of
people
with
aim
of forming
general laws