Cognitive gender Flashcards
1
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How does the cognitive approach explain gender?
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- the role of biases
- the role of schemas
- the role of cognitive priming
2
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How does alpha bias explain gender?
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- exaggerates the difference between men or women and creates a sense of abnormality
3
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How does beta bias explain gender?
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- when differences between genders are minimised as it ignores different needs of men and women
4
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How does confirmation bias explain gender?
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- a person holds a stereotypical view on a group of people and only looks for information that confirms these views
5
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What is gender discrimination?
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- unequal or disadvantageous treatment of a person based on gender
6
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What is gender predjudice?
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- lsexism
7
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How does schemas explain gender?
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- Martin and Halversons gender schema theory suggests that their are in and out group schemas where a child ignores any information that relates to the out group schema (females ignoring engineering) and noticing information about their in group schema (females noticing nursing)
8
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How do sex role stereotype prime gender behaviour?
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- refers to the fixed views people have of men and women’s role
- are often based on traditional views of gender
- makes you see the world in a way that views pre constructed views
9
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How do gender roles prime gender behaviour?
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- children see women cook and clean and are primed to believe this is the role they take on
- children see men be strong and independent and unemotional and are primed
10
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What is the evaluation of the cognitive explanation to gender?
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- S - Fowler et al 2011 cold press or experiment showed that men primed with feminine typical behaviours reported less pain and anxiety
- W - Underplays the importance of social context and SLT explanation may be better