Debates - Gender + culture (GREY) Flashcards

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What is universality?

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The belief that psychological findings can be applied to all, despite differences in time, culture or experiences.

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What is androcentrism?

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From a male perspective which ignores the truth of other’s experience. Female behaviour is under-represented and misunderstood.

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What is alpha bias?

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When researchers misrepresent behaviour because they over estimate or exaggerate the difference between men and women.

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What is beta bias?

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When researchers misrepresent behaviour because differences between the sexes are ignored or minimised.

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How can a researcher be aware of their own gender biases?

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Open research up to scrutiny from people of other genders.

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How can a researcher actively guard against gender biases?

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Work to balance the effect of the bias, and take on board feedback to help you remove bias from your work.

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What is cultural bias?

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Assuming the universality of explanations for behaviour, but ignoring cultural differences.

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What is ethnocentrism?

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Viewing all cultures from the perspective from within one’s own culture. The ‘norm’ is set as the researcher’s own culture; any deviation is seen as abnormal - this may devalue other cultures.

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What is emic research?

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Research done within a cultural group and is assumed to apply only in that cultural group.

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What is etic?

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A theoretical idea that is assumed to apply in all cultural groups (applied universally).

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What is imposed etic?

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Where a culture-specific idea (which should be seen as emic) is wrongly imposed on another culture.

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What is cultural relativism?

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Acknowledging that behaviour derives its meaning from the cultural context in which it occurs.

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