1. Psychology’s development over time and socially sensitive research
Issues and Debates
Psychology’s development over time and socially sensitive research

2. Understanding of how psychological understanding has developed over time
Research takes time to develop and understanding of issues changes as studies are carried out and findings are tested
How have we looked at the changes in psychological understanding over time?

3. Group 1 Social Group 2 Cognitive Group 3 Biological Group 4 Learning
Evidence from older research
Evidence from contemporary research
How has psychological knowledge developed over time?
Examples of factors that have not changed over time
Group 1 Social
Group 2 Cognitive
MSM (SM) and WM (phonological loop)…..details? Suggested capacity?
Sebastian and Hernandez-Gil (2012) Digit span (SM)………results? Actual capacity?
MSM WMM Digit span - The use of artificial & simplistic tasks means that is difficult to apply findings to every day life. E.g. memorising digits is not how we utilise our STM on a daily a basis.
Group 3 Biological
Group 4 Learning

4. Social Evidence from older research
Evidence from contemporary research
How has psychological knowledge developed over time?
Factors that have not changed over time
Social

5. Cognitive Evidence from older research
Evidence from contemporary research
How has psychological knowledge developed over time?
Factors that have not changed over time
Cognitive

6. Biological Evidence from older research
Evidence from contemporary research
How has psychological knowledge developed over time?
Factors that have not changed over time
Biological

7. Learning Evidence from older research
Evidence from contemporary research
How has psychological knowledge developed over time?
Factors that have not changed over time
Learning

8. Historical research!
Research, discuss and develop a brief resource on each topic.
Feedback to the class
Ensure everything is clearly explained as you need to share the resource with everyone in the class.
Group 4 – Social: Study of prejudice over time
1920s theories endorsing white supremacy
1930s What happened? What did the theories suggest?
1960s onwards?
Any other research on development of obedience over time?
Group 3 – Birth and development of Cognitive Psychology
What is the link between Freud and Cognitive psychology?
Cognitive revolution
Development of computer science
Group 2 – Biological advances
Lombroso’s explanations for criminal behaviour
Phrenology
How is this done today?
Group 1 – Learning
Watson and Behaviourism
overshadowed in the 1950s by the cognitive revolution
The use of the social approach – development of social learning theory?
Today behaviourism is used in an applied manner e.g. behaviour analysis - explain

9. Issues related to Socially Sensitive research

10. What is this issue about?

11. Social Cognitive Biological Learning
Research/theory is socially sensitive – How and Why
Research is not socially sensitive (or argument to suggest this has been avoided – I.e. methodology)
Strengths of research that may be socially sensitive (i.e. application)
Limitations of research that may be socially sensitive (i.e. social control)
Social
Cognitive
Biological
Learning

12. H/W
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