Perspectives in Psychology
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Perspectives in Psychology

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
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Perspectives in Psychology

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This second edition of this popular text is designed to meet the needs of teachers and students following new A and AS level Psychology syllabuses on either modular or terminal routes, as well as those on introductory psychology courses at degree level. This extensively revised and updated edition covers: - Major orientations in psychology and philosophical issues in psychology: including free-will and determinism and reductionism - Psychology and science biases in psychological theory and research, including advertising, propaganda, warfare and psychometric testing - Ethics in psychological research and practice - Ethics in socially sensitive research Key concepts are clearly flagged and learning objectives are included in each chapter.

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Year
1997
ISBN
9781349142736
Edition
2
FIGURE 
5.4 
The 
Bateson 
Model 
High 
Quality 
of 
research 
Low 
Low 
High 
Source: 
Bateson 
(1986), 
with 
permission. 
Ethics 
in 
Psychology 
145 
High 
suffering 
(1991, 
1992) 
again 
attempted 
to 
resolve 
this. 
He 
used 
findings 
from 
the 
Institute 
of 
Medical 
Ethics 
working 
party's 
investigations 
into 
animal 
suffering 
to 
develop 
several 
criteria 
to 
help 
researchers 
to 
judge 
whether 
the 
species 
they 
intended 
to 
study 
could 
feel 
pain. 
In 
summary, 
these 
are: 
• 
Does 
the 
animal 
have 
anatomical, 
biochemical 
and 
physiological 
mechanisms 
similar 
to 
those 
in 
human 
that 
are 
known 
to 
be 
related 
to 
the 
experience 
of 
pain? 

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