Psych Paper 3

• When she looks at the results in Table 1, the teacher says, “I can see there is a difference in behaviour between the two conditions, but is the difference significant at the 0.05 level of significance?”

  What do the students need to do with the data in Table 1 so that they can answer their teacher’s question?

  Inferential testing- statistical tests
• how can qualitative data be gathered?

  open questions

  Interviews
• what is included in gender bias?

  Androcentrism
• what is an example of beta bias?

  Asch-

  generalised male conformity to females
• klinefelters /turners syndrome- examples

  K= less facial and body hair, underdeveloped genitalia

  T= webbed neck, short stature
• what is a gender specific example for vicarious reinforcement?

  Father praising son for playing sports

  mother praising daughter for looking after siblings
• disadvantage of situational explanation to institutional aggression

  ignores individual differences- culture or ethnicity

  for example, growing up in a aggressive subculture
• how does mkpakoloulou's study support neural mechanisms?

  supports the idea the amygdala causing impulsive behaviour
• evolutionary theory

  preferences and avoidance aid survival and beneficial traits are bred into a population
• structure of evaluation paragraphs

  a strength of ... is ... because ...

  for example, ....

  this is a strength because it supports .... as .....
• example of nomothetic study in psychology

  Ainsworth tested infants using the Strange Situation to propose three attachment types.
• Outline what social sensitivity means in the context of psychology. Explain how researchers in psychology could deal with issues related to social sensitivity.

  AO1-research which has potential implications or consequences, where a study leads to changes in public policy affecting individuals/groups,

  AO3-take care when formulating the aim/framing the question so as not to misrepresent certain groups

  take steps to avoid prejudicial/biased/sensational media presentation of findings