OCR A LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY DEBATES
EXAM 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS.
What is the nature-nurture debate? - CORRECT ANSWER -the arguments
concerning whether psychological characteristics are biologically innate or
learned through education, experience, environment and culture
What are the strength and weaknesses of the situational debate? - CORRECT
ANSWER -+:
useful as allows for easy interventions/ treatments
-:
deterministic
What is the psychology as a science debate? - CORRECT ANSWER -extent to
which psychology can be seen as a science by demonstrating things such as
replicability, cause and effect, objectivity and high controll.
What is cause and effect? - CORRECT ANSWER --Cause and effect: a causal link
between two variables that shows a change in one corresponds to a change
in the other
What is falsifiability? - CORRECT ANSWER --falsifiability: be able to disprove a
hypothesis or theory as well as being able to support it
What is objectivity? - CORRECT ANSWER --objectivity: taking an unbiased
External perspective there is not affected by an individual person point of
view so should be consistent in between researchers example FMRI scans
, What is replicatbility? - CORRECT ANSWER --replicability: being able to repeat
the original research in the exact same way and get similar results
What is induction? - CORRECT ANSWER -A scientific method they uses
research to generate testable hypotheses which are developed into theories
is done by creating hypotheses then testing then make a theory
What is deduction? - CORRECT ANSWER -A scientific method that first
develops theories then develops hypotheses from theories to test
What is hypothesis testing? - CORRECT ANSWER -Scientific evidence is
gathered by demonstrating objectively that testable statement is either
supported or not supported by the results
What is the manipulation of variables? - CORRECT ANSWER -To test a
hypothesis in a valid way and reliable way the IV must be clearly
operationalised
What are quantifiable measures? - CORRECT ANSWER -DV must be measured
in numerical objective way so any changes them can be carefully measured
What is the control of variables? - CORRECT ANSWER -This is essential so that
extraneous variables cannot account for changes in the DV which would
make any apparent effect of the IV invalid
EXAM 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS.
What is the nature-nurture debate? - CORRECT ANSWER -the arguments
concerning whether psychological characteristics are biologically innate or
learned through education, experience, environment and culture
What are the strength and weaknesses of the situational debate? - CORRECT
ANSWER -+:
useful as allows for easy interventions/ treatments
-:
deterministic
What is the psychology as a science debate? - CORRECT ANSWER -extent to
which psychology can be seen as a science by demonstrating things such as
replicability, cause and effect, objectivity and high controll.
What is cause and effect? - CORRECT ANSWER --Cause and effect: a causal link
between two variables that shows a change in one corresponds to a change
in the other
What is falsifiability? - CORRECT ANSWER --falsifiability: be able to disprove a
hypothesis or theory as well as being able to support it
What is objectivity? - CORRECT ANSWER --objectivity: taking an unbiased
External perspective there is not affected by an individual person point of
view so should be consistent in between researchers example FMRI scans
, What is replicatbility? - CORRECT ANSWER --replicability: being able to repeat
the original research in the exact same way and get similar results
What is induction? - CORRECT ANSWER -A scientific method they uses
research to generate testable hypotheses which are developed into theories
is done by creating hypotheses then testing then make a theory
What is deduction? - CORRECT ANSWER -A scientific method that first
develops theories then develops hypotheses from theories to test
What is hypothesis testing? - CORRECT ANSWER -Scientific evidence is
gathered by demonstrating objectively that testable statement is either
supported or not supported by the results
What is the manipulation of variables? - CORRECT ANSWER -To test a
hypothesis in a valid way and reliable way the IV must be clearly
operationalised
What are quantifiable measures? - CORRECT ANSWER -DV must be measured
in numerical objective way so any changes them can be carefully measured
What is the control of variables? - CORRECT ANSWER -This is essential so that
extraneous variables cannot account for changes in the DV which would
make any apparent effect of the IV invalid
