environmental influences‚ cultural bias‚ gender bias‚ free will and determinism. In the second part – Part B you will be asked to either – describe‚ discuss or evaluate one of the following ‚ for which there is a maximum of 22 marks – psychology as a science the balance of scientific benefits measured against ethical costs in psychology the balance of genetic and environmental influences on human behaviour issues of cultural bias issues of gender bias the question of free will and determinism
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Core studies summary - Langer & Rodin (1976) Aims and context (Put aims of study & background history): Aim: To see whether being given greater personal choice & personal responsibility had a positive effect on older people living in a residential home. To see also if being given greater choice in a care home would affect their alertness & activity. Langer & Rodin aimed to investigate the effects of enhanced personal responsibility and choice in a group of nursing home patients. Specifically
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people based on physical features or ancestral origin Ableism- system of devaluation of people who differ from the norm of able bodied people Heterosexism- the system of privilege assigned to people who identify as heterosexual. Systemic Bias- implicit bias towards a group of people that is evidenced at multiple levels of various social systems and institutions Secular Humanism- respect for humans rather than a belief in the supernatural Ethnic studies- courses which present info from a perspective
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contrast the roles of mediator and advocate by describing the power limitations of each role‚ discuss under what circumstances an advocate is used during mediation‚ and which role is most critical to problem solving. The team will discuss the mediator bias‚ limitations of the mediator‚ scope of power‚ conflict of interest‚ confidentiality‚ mediator neutrality and impartially. ~”The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”~(Mahatma Ghandi‚ 1869-1948). Power Limitations
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Response to Howard Zinn article History is something we constantly refer to progress ourselves as humans‚ we learn from our mistakes and continue to strive from our successes. But who is to say what is a horrible mistake or a courageous act of valor? That which was documented about what happened so long ago‚ was done by a person who spread the story or wrote it down from their perspective. Howard Zinn’s argument that there is no
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had or had not suffered abuse. They were given verbal memory tasks which were measured with a PET scan. Findings: The women with PTSD and had abuse in the past had a 16% smaller hippocampus compared with the ones without Critique: Gender bias‚ cultural bias‚ small sample size Paragraph 4 (Gallese et al 1996) Aim: To see the effects that the environment has on the mirror neurons Procedure: The subject was monkeys‚ who were first given time to familiarize itself with its environment. It was then
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have a different character by him not responding to questions‚ looking out of the window. Juror #3 is very biased against the 19-year-old boy that is being tried‚ and this affects all of his thoughts and actions regarding the case. He has this bias because his own son hit him in the jaw and ran away from home at the age of 15: “I’ve got a kid…when he was fifteen he hit me in the face…I haven’t seen him in three years. Rotten kid! I hate tough kids! You work your heart out [but it’s no use] (21)
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Interpretation that Haig was a Butcher: Source B2 was written by P. Smith a private in the 1st Border Regiment during the Somme describes the battle from how he saw it during the battle. He described it as “pure bloody murder” on the battlefield and he goes on to say in the source how Haig should have been “hung‚ drawn and quartered for what he did at the Somme”. He also goes on later to see how “The cream of British manhood was shattered in less than 6 hours”. Source B2 is reliable because of
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omission was deliberate or unintentional due to cultural bias? The women in the drawings done by white men placed ignorance on the detail of women at the treaty signing due to the cultural standards of women in their society. Many white cultures felt that women where highly lower in standards compared to men‚ so there placement at the ceremony was of no importance. I do feel that the omission of the women was in fact deliberate. The bias against women in white culture‚ especially because they
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An Individual Flaw Because of the nature of literature‚ books are imperfect. Readers travel to a convenient‚ simplified world that appears to clarify human experience‚ but ends up muddling story with the author’s prejudice and bias. People have a limited capacity to understand a lived experience that is not their own. Since books are a form of simplified‚ convenient reality‚ it is important to recognize all-encompassing structures‚ like literature‚ that synthesize the human experience and expose
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