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show Exaggeration of differences between genders or cultures, usually presented as real and enduring, devaluing one gender or culture  
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Beta bias   show
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Feminist psychology   show
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Indigenous psychologies   show
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Biological determinism   show
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show Our experience of choice is merely the sum total of reinforcement contingencies from our life.  
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Psychic determinism   show
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show Completely disregards free will- everything is decided by biological and environmental factors  
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show Allows for the possibility of free will - we have inputs and influences but ultimately we get to choose  
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Scientific determinism   show
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show This is the scientific paradigm that suggests everything has a cause - meaning free will is incompatible with science  
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show Moral accountability for behaviour  
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show Innate and genetic influences  
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show Environmental influences acquired through interactions  
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Diathesis-stress model   show
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Holism   show
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show Simplifying an idea down into its constituent parts in order to explain it more easily.  
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Levels of explanation   show
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Biological reductionism   show
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Environmental reductionism   show
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show The assumption that all other conditions and variables in a study are the same from one condition to the next  
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show The whole is greater than the sum of its parts-- German 1920s+30s  
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show Attempts to describe the nature of the individual as unique entities with own subjective experiences motivations and values, without generalising to all  
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Nomothetic approach   show
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show A source of ethical problems. Just by studying a particular subject, such as racial differences in IQ could cause issues  
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show Research which could have a potentially negative impact on a particular group, e.g. defined by race, gender, sexuality etc.  
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show The ethical implications of your study for your participants - e.g. in revealing immoral or socially deviant behaviours  
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Institutional context   show
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show The way in which findings could be exploited by others for unethical purposes, such as to support racist or sexist prejudice  
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show Where psychologists only publish research that supports their aims, and hide away any negative results, creating a biased perception  
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