Gender bias

Question 1

Androcentrism

Answer 1

World view focused on men

Question 2

Alpha bias

Answer 2

Exaggerated the difference between genders = one gender being devalued

Question 3

Example of alpha bias

Answer 3

Freud’s psychoanalytic theory views feminist as failed masculinity

Question 4

Beta bias

Answer 4

Minimises differences between genders, usually leading to women’s needs being ignored

Question 5

Example of beta bias

Answer 5

Zimbardo

Question 6

Universality

Answer 6

Can be achieved by acknowledging differences e.g tend and befriend (women) vs fight or flight (men)