Gender Bias

Question 1

What is gender bias?

Answer 1

Research or theory that does not represent the experience or behavior of men and women.

Question 2

What are 3 types of Biases?

Answer 2

-Androcentricism
-Beta bias
-Alpha bias

Question 3

What does Androcentricism mean?

Answer 3

-based on males
-used the standard and expected for both sexes
-if research was done for ‘nomral behaviour on a male sample this would mean that anyhting otherwise is undersirabel abnormal
-ASCH

Question 4

What is Beta bias

Answer 4

-misinterpret behaviour as tehy minimise the differnces bwtewwn the sexes
-female experiences are ignored
-flight and fight responce universal male animals

Question 5

What is an alpha bias?

Answer 5

-misrepresent behaviour as they exaggerate the differences between the sexes
-reinfocre gender sterotypes and devaluew omen
-relationships mating requirements

Question 6

Explain the evaluation of Research process.

Answer 6

-psychology dominated by male psychologists
-look at male issues using labrotary experiments and standerdised
-assumes thast men and women recieve qual treatment and responce in the same ways
-creates differences that may not exists or mask other ones

Question 7

Explain the evaluation of androcentric doesnt always means gender bias.

Answer 7

-fro example, milgrim used a only male sam[le
-still relevent to the aim of his study understanding nazi soldiers behaviour
–importnt when scrutinising