WJEC A Level Psychology – Controversies
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questions with answers |\ |\
1. Non-Human Animals - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔One controversy
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in psychology is the use of non-human animals in research
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studies. There are multiple points to evaluate when discussing
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this topic. |\
BPS Guidelines - Knowledge - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔>Only use
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animals if absolutely necessary to the research
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>Use lowest number of animals needed
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>3 R's- Replace, reduce, refine
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>Regular food intake |\ |\
>Care for animals when they are not being studied
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>Pain causing procedures must be carefully evaluated
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BPS Guidelines - Research - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔>Pavlov's
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dogs
>Sinner's rats |\
>Research that injected rats with amphetamines- >Schizophrenic
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symptoms
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>Lorenz
>Rechtschaffen (however it's spelt) |\ |\ |\
>Harlow's monkeys |\
, BPS Guidlines - Discussion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Using
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animals in research may be important because experimenting on
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animals can help develop drugs and medical procedures to treat
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diseases.
A problem with using animals in psychological research is that
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there are ethical implications with using animals in research. For
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example,
Comparative and Ethological Psychology - Knowledge - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔>Comparative psychology is the study of non-
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human animals, often with the intention of making comparisons
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with humans. Some comparative research may be applied to
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benefit animals' lives e.g. improve their lives in captivity.
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>Ethologists seek to study animals in a way that does not affect |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
their behaviour, observing the animals in their natural
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environment with little interference. |\ |\ |\
Comparative and Ethological Psychology - Research - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔>Harlow (1959)- Placed infant rhesus monkeys in a
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cage with two wire mothers - one wrapped in cloth and one with
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a feeding bottle. They developed into maladjusted adults who
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couldn't socialise |\
>1) Lorenz (1935)- Arranged for him to be the first moving thing
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gosling eggs saw, they followed him as if he was their mother
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2) Fossey (1983)- Observed gorillas
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Comparative and Ethological Psychology - Discussion - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔Studying other species often avoids some of the
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complex ethical problems involved in studying humans. For
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questions with answers |\ |\
1. Non-Human Animals - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔One controversy
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
in psychology is the use of non-human animals in research
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
studies. There are multiple points to evaluate when discussing
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
this topic. |\
BPS Guidelines - Knowledge - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔>Only use
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animals if absolutely necessary to the research
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>Use lowest number of animals needed
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\
>3 R's- Replace, reduce, refine
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>Regular food intake |\ |\
>Care for animals when they are not being studied
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>Pain causing procedures must be carefully evaluated
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
BPS Guidelines - Research - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔>Pavlov's
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dogs
>Sinner's rats |\
>Research that injected rats with amphetamines- >Schizophrenic
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symptoms
|\
>Lorenz
>Rechtschaffen (however it's spelt) |\ |\ |\
>Harlow's monkeys |\
, BPS Guidlines - Discussion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Using
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
animals in research may be important because experimenting on
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
animals can help develop drugs and medical procedures to treat
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
diseases.
A problem with using animals in psychological research is that
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
there are ethical implications with using animals in research. For
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
example,
Comparative and Ethological Psychology - Knowledge - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔>Comparative psychology is the study of non-
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
human animals, often with the intention of making comparisons
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with humans. Some comparative research may be applied to
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
benefit animals' lives e.g. improve their lives in captivity.
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
>Ethologists seek to study animals in a way that does not affect |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
their behaviour, observing the animals in their natural
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
environment with little interference. |\ |\ |\
Comparative and Ethological Psychology - Research - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔>Harlow (1959)- Placed infant rhesus monkeys in a
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
cage with two wire mothers - one wrapped in cloth and one with
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
a feeding bottle. They developed into maladjusted adults who
|\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
couldn't socialise |\
>1) Lorenz (1935)- Arranged for him to be the first moving thing
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gosling eggs saw, they followed him as if he was their mother
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2) Fossey (1983)- Observed gorillas
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Comparative and Ethological Psychology - Discussion - CORRECT |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
ANSWERS ✔✔Studying other species often avoids some of the
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complex ethical problems involved in studying humans. For
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