This section of the syllabus concentrates on the issues, debates, moral and ethical considerations that structure psychological research. You should be able to name strengths and weaknesses.
The issues you should know about are:
- Ecological Validity
- Application of psychology to everyday life
- Ethnocentric Bias
- Reliability and Validity
- Psychometrics
- Generalisations
- Snapshot and Longitudinal Data
- Qualitative and Quantitative Data
- The use of children in psychological research
- The use of animal in psychological research
The debates you should know about are:
- Nature and Nurture
- Individual VS Situational explanations
- Reductionist
- Determinism
Ethics include:
- Informed consent
- Debriefing
- Deception
- Right to withdraw
- Confidentiality
- Protection of participants
CIE A Level Psychology 