1. 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

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

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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. Culture and Gender Brainstorm

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

8. 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.

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

10. 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

11. LIKE A GIRL….

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

13. Culture and Gender= YES
Culture and Gender = NO
Social

14. Culture and Gender= YES
Culture and Gender = NO
Cognitive

15. Culture and Gender= YES
Culture and Gender = NO
Biological

16. Culture and Gender= YES
Culture and Gender = NO
Learning

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

18. 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

19. 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?