Culutre Ans Gender Issues

Question 1

Universality

Answer 1

If behaviours / findings/ characteristics can be generalised to and found in all cultures then it is said to be universal and is due to nature

Question 2

Etic approach

Answer 2

A phenomenon is investigated from an external perspective where an ‘outsider’ studies a culture that’s not their own in an attempt to find similarities

Question 3

Emic approach

Answer 3

A phenomenon is investigated from an internal perspective in an attempt to find cultural uniqueness

Question 4

Biological sex

Answer 4

The physical and physiological features of a male and female based chromosomes, gametes, gene expression and hormones

Question 5

Gender

Answer 5

How someone identifies themselves as based on the socially constructed male and female characteristics stereotypes

Question 6

Cross cultural research

Answer 6

Research that is universal and so results are generalisable to other cultures

Question 7

Alpha bias

Answer 7

Research that stresses or overestimates gender differences

Question 8

Beta bias

Answer 8

Research that ignores or underestimates gender differences

Question 9

Androcentric gender bias

Answer 9

A sample that has more males than females and so cannot be generalised to females

Question 10

Estrocentric gender bias

Answer 10

A sample that has more females than males and so cannot be generalised to males