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AQA A-level AQA psychology issues and debates year 13

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show The belief that everything must have a cause  
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Scientific emphasis on causal explanations   show
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show The belief we have no choice in our actions and everything is determined by internal and external forces  
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Soft determinism   show
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show The belief all our decisions are influenced solely by biology such as genes and neurotransmitters: see Soomro et al. and the SSRI studies  
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Environmental determinism   show
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Psychic determinism   show
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show If free will doesn’t exist then people can’t be held morally accountable for their actions  
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Alpha bias (gender)   show
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Beta bias (gender)   show
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show When psychologists view their own gender as the norm and the other as abnormal  
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show A field which emphasises the role of adaptation for survival and reproduction, this will often result in more generalised statements about the roles of gender in survival  
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Gender bias   show
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Alpha bias (culture)   show
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Beta bias (culture)   show
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show When a researcher believes that their own culture is the norm and use their own cultural norms and values to judge other cultures  
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Imposed Etic   show
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Cultural relativism   show
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show The influence of our inherited characteristics and genetic factors on human behaviour  
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show The environmental influences that impact an individual’s development and behaviour  
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Interactionist approach   show
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Concordance rates   show
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Family studies   show
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show Comparing concordance rates of MZ and DZ twins  
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show Comparing the similarities between adopted children and their biological parents  
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show Studying specific genes and their links to behaviours and characteristics  
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show Closer genetic similarity should help with concordance rates however you can’t be sure if it’s because they’re raised in the same family or because of genes  
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How it separates nature and nurture as well as its flaws: Twin   show
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How it separates nature and nurture as well as its flaws: Adoption   show
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How it separates nature and nurture as well as its flaws: Genetic research   show
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show Recognising that there are biological differences between genders that need to be recognised but there are also culturally crafted differences due to socialisation. We should aim to recognise and address the source of the differences  
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Indigenous psychologies   show
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show The idea that a behaviour can only be properly understood/only has meaning/only makes sense in the context of the norms and values of the society or culture in which it occurs  
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