Cognitive gender Flashcards

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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
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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
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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
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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
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What is gender discrimination?

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  • unequal or disadvantageous treatment of a person based on gender
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What is gender predjudice?

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  • lsexism
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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