gender bias

Question 1

universality

Answer 1

any underlying characteristic of human beings that has the capability to apply to everyone despite the context

Question 2

gender bias

Answer 2

when considering human behaviours, bias is a tendency to treat one individual or group different to others

Question 3

androcentrism

Answer 3

when our understanding of ‘normal behaviour’ is based of male-centred research then other behaviours are judged of this ‘norm’ and classified as ‘abnormal’

Question 4

alpha bias

Answer 4

psychological theories that suggest there are real and enduring differences between the sexes - mostly one is superior to the other

Question 5

beta bias

Answer 5

psychological theories that ignore the differences between sexes. women are not included in the research and the findings are generalised to all