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Historical Issues in Psychology

Question 4 • Psychology - EL2084

Explain two ways in which early psychological research was biased and give an example of this bias in psychology.

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Early research was biased because researchers often used mostly white male participants and generalized their results to everyone. It was also biased by Western cultural assumptions in the questions and tests. For example, intelligence tests based on white, Western experiences were used to judge women and minorities as less intelligent without considering cultural and educational differences.

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