Chapter 1 - Introduction And Research Flashcards
Beta bias
Men and women are basically alike in their intellectual and social behaviors and any differences that do occur are small and inconsistent and produced by socialization, not biology - that we are more similar than different
Androcentric Bias
Bias found in some research whe research is interpreted from a male centered point of view that does not really explain or say nice things about women ex: research on the brain
Sexism
Discrimination base on your gender man or women can be victims
Liberal feminism
The belief that women and men should have the same political, legal, economic, and educational rights and opportunities ex: title nine that gave the rights for girls to do sports
Cultural feminism
Belief that women and men are different and that we need to celebrate their differences
Lesbian Feminism
Women should not order their lives around men
Radical Feminism
The belief that gender inequality is based on male oppression of women
Women of color feminism
Minority women pointing out issues of sexism, racism, and class altogether
Power feminism
Movement in the 90s that focused on women’s issues that you need to empower woman but doesn’t help the problem (issues)
Cross sectional v. Longitudinal
Studies that takes a group and measures them v. You follow the same People over time
Meta-analysis
Statistical method of integrating the results of several studies on the same topic
What is the d score and what does it mean?
It is dividing the difference between men’s and women’s scores by the standard deviation produces a d statistic
Effect size
This is the average of the d statistics from all the studies that the researcher located - the score tells not only whether female or males score higher but also how large the difference is
Alpha bias
Emphasizes the differences between women and men - looks at difference and this can set us up for seeing ourselves as opposites from one another
Overt sexism
Harmful and unequal treatment of women that is intentional and visible
