Identify the issue
A psychologist notices that more women are diagnosed with depression than men. However, men report symptoms like anger and irritability, which are not typical signs used in diagnostic criteria.
Gender bias
IQ tests designed for soldiers in WW1 was designed by...
Robert Yerkes
Ethnocentrism
The belief that one's own culture is superior to others.
What is gender bias?
What was the name of the dilemma Kohlberg used?
The Heinz Dilemma
A school uses an IQ test developed in the U.S. to assess students from different cultural backgrounds.
Culture bias
This psychologist conducted "The Strange Situation" experiment
Mary Ainsworth
What is the alpha army test?
A test given to literate WW1 soldiers - it was culturally biased to white American citizens
Alpha bias
Overestimating/exaggerating differences between genders
How many stages are there in Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development?
6
Children watched an adult behave aggressively toward a doll. Later, the children also acted aggressively.
Testing on children
Who developed the psychosexual stages of development?
Sigmund Freud
What are the different attachment styles?
Secure, Anxious (Ambivalent/Resistant), Avoidant
Beta bias
According to Freud's Theory of Personality, what are the three parts of our psyche?
Id, Ego, Superego
African-Caribbean men in the UK are diagnosed with schizophrenia at much higher rates than white men.
Who developed the Theory of Moral Development?
Lawrence Kohlberg
What does the "WEIRD" acronym stand for?
Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic
Androcentrism
Having a male-centred view of the world
Was the Strange Situation experiment valid? Explain.
No, it was highly artificial (lacks ecological validity) and only tested a certain group of people (lacks population validity)
Psychologist Harry Harlow separated baby monkeys from their mothers and gave them surrogate “mothers” made of wire or cloth to study attachment.
Testing on animals
Who criticized the Theory of Moral Development?
Carol Gilligan
What is cultural relativism?
Understanding and judging people's actions and beliefs based on their own culture. Rejects ethnocentrism.
Which studies can you refer to when discussing gender bias?
Freud's Theory of Psychosexuality and Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development
Takashi conducted The Strange Situation experiment in Japan (1990) and found different results. Which attachment style was more predominant?
Anxious (ambivalent/resistant)