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Level 5 Diploma in Psychology

Psychology as a value-free science? Therapist neutrality and the influence of the therapist (Wachtel 1977)

PSY506 · Contemporary Issues and Debates in Psychology — Week 4 of 16

CoursePSY506
Week4 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Psychology as a value-free science? Therapist neutrality and the influence of the therapist (Wachtel 1977)

  1. The requirement for psychologists to have a totally objective approach

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Analyse the requirement for psychologists to have a totally objective approach.

Activity

Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the requirement for psychologists to have a totally objective approach.

Study materials

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Course plan
  • Week 1: Codes of conduct and ethical guidelines: the BPS and APA; r…
  • Week 2: Informed consent, deception, debriefing and protection from…
  • Week 3: The varied roles of psychologists as scientists, investigat…
  • Week 4: Psychology as a value-free science? Therapist neutrality an…
  • Week 5: Ethical and moral values: freedom, behavioural control and …
  • Week 6: Gender bias: feminist psychology, androcentrism and the mas…
  • Week 7: Culture bias: cross-cultural research and ethnocentrism; bi…
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Why debates matter: free will vs determinism, reductionism …
  • Week 10: Analysing one major debate: key features and supporting evi…
  • Week 11: Evaluating the methods of each position: strengths and weak…
  • Week 12: Assessment workshop: drafting against the assessment criter…
  • Week 13: Supervised completion and submission
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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