Cognitive gender

Question 1

How does the cognitive approach explain gender?

Answer 1

• the role of biases
• the role of schemas
• the role of cognitive priming

Question 2

How does alpha bias explain gender?

Answer 2

• exaggerates the difference between men or women and creates a sense of abnormality

Question 3

How does beta bias explain gender?

Answer 3

• when differences between genders are minimised as it ignores different needs of men and women

Question 4

How does confirmation bias explain gender?

Answer 4

• a person holds a stereotypical view on a group of people and only looks for information that confirms these views

Question 5

What is gender discrimination?

Answer 5

• unequal or disadvantageous treatment of a person based on gender

Question 6

What is gender predjudice?

Answer 6

• lsexism

Question 7

How does schemas explain gender?

Answer 7

• 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)

Question 8

How do sex role stereotype prime gender behaviour?

Answer 8

• 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

Question 9

How do gender roles prime gender behaviour?

Answer 9

• 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

Question 10

What is the evaluation of the cognitive explanation to gender?

Answer 10

• 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