Compulsory issues and debates common mistakes

Common mistakes

• Issues and debates in Psychology Psychology mistake 1

  Writing AO1 description but calling it evaluation. This can weaken answers for: Explain universality and bias, including gender bias, androcentrism, alpha bias, beta bias, cultural bias, ethnocentrism and cultural relativism..

  Fix itAdd AO3 by explaining why evidence, validity, reliability, bias or methodology strengthens or limits the claim, because evaluation must show the effect on the conclusion. Apply this directly to Issues and debates in Psychology.

• Issues and debates in Psychology Psychology mistake 1

  Writing AO1 description but calling it evaluation. This can weaken answers for: Explain free will and determinism, including hard determinism, soft determinism, biological determinism, environmental determinism and psychic determinism..

  Fix itAdd AO3 by explaining why evidence, validity, reliability, bias or methodology strengthens or limits the claim, because evaluation must show the effect on the conclusion. Apply this directly to Issues and debates in Psychology.

• Issues and debates in Psychology Psychology mistake 1

  Writing AO1 description but calling it evaluation. This can weaken answers for: Explain the nature-nurture debate, including heredity, environment and interactionist approaches..

  Fix itAdd AO3 by explaining why evidence, validity, reliability, bias or methodology strengthens or limits the claim, because evaluation must show the effect on the conclusion. Apply this directly to Issues and debates in Psychology.

• Issues and debates in Psychology Psychology mistake 1

  Writing AO1 description but calling it evaluation. This can weaken answers for: Explain holism and reductionism, including levels of explanation, biological reductionism and environmental reductionism..

  Fix itAdd AO3 by explaining why evidence, validity, reliability, bias or methodology strengthens or limits the claim, because evaluation must show the effect on the conclusion. Apply this directly to Issues and debates in Psychology.

• Issues and debates in Psychology Psychology mistake 1

  Writing AO1 description but calling it evaluation. This can weaken answers for: Distinguish idiographic and nomothetic approaches to psychological investigation..

  Fix itAdd AO3 by explaining why evidence, validity, reliability, bias or methodology strengthens or limits the claim, because evaluation must show the effect on the conclusion. Apply this directly to Issues and debates in Psychology.

• Issues and debates in Psychology Psychology mistake 1

  Writing AO1 description but calling it evaluation. This can weaken answers for: Explain social sensitivity in psychological research..

  Fix itAdd AO3 by explaining why evidence, validity, reliability, bias or methodology strengthens or limits the claim, because evaluation must show the effect on the conclusion. Apply this directly to Issues and debates in Psychology.