gender and culture bias

Question 1

what is the gender bias and two other biases that feed into it

Answer 1

failure to consider differences between men and women
- bias made towards one gender is applied to another
- researchers might have different expectations of men and women = affect research outcomes
- MILGRAMS - all pts male when (traditional social psychological research)

-alpha bias is when the differences between men women are exaggerated (= misinterpretation of findings)
- beta bias is when the differences between men and women are minimised

Question 2

evaluation points for gender bias

Answer 2

might result in androcentrism - belief that men’s behaviour represents the norm + any behaviour typical of women might be classified abnormal
-implications for the interpretations of the findings of the psychological research and how they are applied to wider population + used in society