Gender Bias

Question 1

Universality and bias

Answer 1

Beliefs And values influenced by their social and historical context
Bias may be biased and subjective
Biases undermines universality

Question 2

Gender bias?

Answer 2

Psychological theory that may offer a view that does not represent men and women equally

Question 3

Alpha bias

Answer 3

Focuses on differences between men and women so are exaggerated

Question 4

Alpha bias research

Answer 4

Chodorow- mothers and daughters have a close relationship than mother and son. Better bonding ability
Freud- Psychosexual development. phallic stage-sexual desire for opposite sex parent-castration anxiety-resolved-girl is weaker

Question 5

Beta bias

Answer 5

Ignores or underestimates differences-assume findings apply equally

Question 6

Beta bias research

Answer 6

Fight or flight research based on male animals.- ignores differences
Women -tend and befriend. focus on caring for offspring and forming networks with other females

Question 7

Androcentrism

Answer 7

Psychology presented a male dominated world
Only six of the most influential psychologists were female
Produced by men , for men, about men
Feminists - “ premenstrual syndrome” medicalises women’s emotions
Brescoll and uhmann- men’s anger is a rational response to external pressures

Question 8

Limitations of gender bias

Answer 8

Gender differences are forever changing
Maccoby and jacklin - girls have superior verbal ability and boys superior spatial. ‘ hardwired’
Joel -brain scans and found no difference.
Some research are just social stereotypes

Question 9

Strength of gender bias

Answer 9

Shouldn’t avoid studying differences-women are better at multitasking which may have some biological truth
Women’s brain has better connection between hemispheres -
biological differences

Question 10

Limitations of gender bias

Answer 10

Promote sexism-women underrepresented in uni departments
Lecture is likely to be male -so research is conducted by more males
Nicolson- women are irrational and unable to complete tasks-under perform
Unis Provide gender biased findings

Question 11

Limitations of gender bias 

Answer 11

Research the challenges gender bias might not be published
Formanowich- 1000 articles related to gender bias
Found its funded less often , published in less prestigious journals, fewer scholars become aware
Not taken seriously

Question 12

Implications of gender bias

Answer 12

False assumptions about female—> negative stereotypes—> disadvantages at workplace
Research defines men as ‘normal’—> women feel as though they don’t fit into normal category