Gender Bias

Question 1

What is universality?

Answer 1

Any underlying characteristics of human beings that are capable of be my applied to everyone, anywhere, regardless of time or culture

Question 2

What is gender bias?

Answer 2

The tendency to treat one individual or group in a different way to others

Question 3

What is alpha bias?

Answer 3

It over-exaggerates the real differences between men and women when there may not be any

Question 4

What is the first example of alpha bias?

Answer 4

The evolutionary theory of mate preference. It emphasises the difference between what each gender looks for in a partner. Men look for young, attractive, fertile females and women look for wealthy males

Question 5

What is the second example of alpha bias?

Answer 5

Freuds theory of moral development. He argued that women have weaker moral codes because they don’t fully upgrade their superego’s. This means they are more likely to show immoral behaviour

Question 6

What is beta bias?

Answer 6

It ignores the differences between the sexes when in reality, there may be a difference between them

Question 7

What is the first example of beta bias?

Answer 7

Asch, Milgram and Zimbardo studies on social influence where only on males and then the findings were applied to women when in reality the may not be the same

Question 8

What is the second example of beta bias?

Answer 8

The research into the flight or fight response was carried out on male animals (as females hormones fluctuate) but then it was applied to women as though they would act the same

Question 9

What is one problem with alpha bias?

Answer 9

It overestimates the differences between men and women when they may be similar

Question 10

What is one problem with beta bias?

Answer 10

It underestimates the differences between men and women when they may behave differently

Question 11

What is androcentrism?

Answer 11

It is a possible consequence of beta bias. It is when normal behaviour is judged according at a male standard and then generalised to women

Question 12

What are two limitations of gender bias?

Answer 12

It makes it okay to show discriminative behaviour in real life and it shows sexism within the research

Question 13

What are two strengths of gender boas?

Answer 13

They embrace the bias as a crucial aspect and they always consider the bias in research