Social Psychology: Gender And Culture

Question 1

What is alpha bias?

Answer 1

When differences between genders are exaggurated.

Question 2

What is beta bias?

Answer 2

When differences between genders are minimised.

Question 3

What does androcentric mean?

Answer 3

Only focuses on/ studies males.

Question 4

What does gynocentric mean?

Answer 4

Only focuses on/ studies females.

Question 5

If results in a study only apply to one gender how does it affect the study?

Answer 5

-Is an unrepresentative sample so ungeneralisable to the opposite gender.

Question 6

How does Milgram’s study and variations show gender bias?

Answer 6

-Milgram’s original study only testes 40 men( androcentric sample).
-Variation 8 only focuses on 40 women (gynocentric sample).

Question 7

How does Sherif’s study show gender bias?

Answer 7

-Shows beta bias.
-Only tested 11 young boys and tried to explain everyone’s behaviour.
-Androcentric sample.

Question 8

How does Cohrs study not show gender bias?

Answer 8

-Had a very representitive sample from both men and women.

Question 9

How could Cohrs’ study show gender bias?

Answer 9

In study 1 more females were tested than men so more responses will represent women’s behaviour.

Question 10

What is ethnocentrism?

Answer 10

Assuming results from one culture apply to all cultures.

Question 11

What is eurocentraism?

Answer 11

Only studying those of European decent.

Question 12

What does etic mean?

Answer 12

Something which is universal and does not change from culture to culture.

Question 13

What does emic mean?

Answer 13

Something which changes from culture to culture.

Question 14

What is an imposed etic?

Answer 14

A cultural bias which happens when a researcher assumes that an emic construct is actually etic.

Question 15

What is a cultural norm?

Answer 15

Traditions and gestures which changes meaning from culture to culture.

Question 16

What are some problems with ethnocentrism?

Answer 16

-Methods work differently in different cultures.
-People can interpret things differently.
-Bring your cultural norms to another culture.
-Try to explain another culture with your culture.

Question 17

What are the problems with Milgram’s study and his variations relating to culture?

Answer 17

-Has an ethnocentric sample ( all from America).
-Etic- tries to explain everyone’s behaviour.

Question 18

What are some problems relating to suture from Sherifs’ study?

Answer 18

-Ethnocentric sample (22 boys from Oklahoma).
-All will behave the same so show etic.

Question 19

What is the problem with Cohrs study relating to culture?

Answer 19

-Eurocentric sample (all from Germany).
-If another culture was explained it would be an imposed etic.