ISSUES AND DEBATES Paper 3: Psychology Skills 9.1 Methods Paper 1: Foundations in psychology Section A: Social psychology Section B: Cognitive psychology Section C: Biological psychology Section D: Learning theories Section E: Issues and debates has 20 marks and comprises two extended response questions, covering the topic area of issues and debates in psychology. Paper 3: Psychology Skills 9.1 Methods 9.2 Synoptic review of studies 9.3 Issues and debates

A2: Paper 3: Psychological Skills What are they looking for? AO1 AO2 AO3 How might they ask you questions about this. AO1, AO2, AOS3

FASTEST ON THE TRACK…... List all the issues and debates…

Every person really can solve crimes! Issues and Debates E P R C S C N D S U S Not dinosaurs….. SILLY uncle Sven.

Issues and Debates Every Ethics Person Practical issues Really Reductionism Can Cultural Solve Science (Ψ as a science) Crimes Comparison of themes Not Nature/Nurture Dinosaurs Development (how Ψ has developed over time) Silly Social control Uncle Usefulness Sven Socially sensitive issues

Culture and Gender Brainstorm

Culture and Gender Brainstorm What is it? Ethnocentrism? Misapplication? Culture and Gender Brainstorm Fluid concept of gender? Time period? Location?

Culture and gender: Note taking Although issues of culture and gender can relate to society (we call these 'social constructs'), they also link to wider issues around fairness and equality, which can be seen as philosophical ideas to be debated. Culture can affect the individual in how they see the world, such as with regard to how mental health is diagnosed (Clinical Psychology), or which attachment type is most common (Child Psychology). Cross-cultural studies can help to see what can be considered in humans to be a 'universal law', and what is culturally given or learned. Gender is also said to be constructed rather than a given. We can say that sex is allocated at conception according to genes (Biological Psychology). Gender behaviour, however, can be driven by environment and culture and can link to issues such as mental health disorders like anorexia nervosa (Clinical Psychology). As culture and gender both involve discussion about how they are constructed and issues around nature-nurture, they are combined into one issue and debate in this specification.

Culture and Gender Brainstorm Biological? Learning? Cognitive? Social?

Culture and gender: Social Psychology: society ('social constructs') & fairness and equality, (philosophical ideas). Clinical Psychology: how mental health is diagnosed, conditions might be more prevalent Schizophrenia, anorexia. Child Psychology: attachment types. Cross-cultural studies: 'universal law‘ vs culturally learned. Biological Psychology: Gender given rather than constructed. Sex & genes Cognitive Psychology: Learning Theories: Culture and gender: nature-nurture

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Culture and Gender= YES Culture and Gender = NO Social Cognitive Biological Learning Clinical Child

Culture and Gender= YES Culture and Gender = NO Social

Culture and Gender= YES Culture and Gender = NO Cognitive

Culture and Gender= YES Culture and Gender = NO Biological

Culture and Gender= YES Culture and Gender = NO Learning

LEARNING BIOLOGICAL SOCIAL COGNITIVE Rank the approaches Which one acknowledges culture and gender the most? LEARNING BIOLOGICAL SOCIAL COGNITIVE

E P R C S C N D S U S OTHER CONNECTIONS Did any of the discussions today link with any other issues or debates E P R C S C N D S U S

Learning Objectives: Checklist AO3: Evaluate I can evaluate whether an approach supports cultural differences or not. I can evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of culture and gender and can link it to when it has been evident in research? AO2: Apply I can explain how culture and gender is evident in SCBL(CC) studies AO1: Describe I can state the key terms and key assumptions?