Gender Bias - AO1

Question 1

What is gender bias?

Answer 1

the differential treartment or representation of men and women based on steriotypes rather than real differences

Question 2

What is andocentric bias?

Answer 2

a dominantly male persective

this causes psychological theories to represent a male world-view

Question 3

What are the types of gender bias?

Answer 3

• alpha
• beta

Question 3

What is alpha gender bias?

Answer 3

• an androcentric bias where the difference between male and females are exaggerated
• this causes the devaluing of one gender over the other

Question 4

What is an example of alpha gender bias?

Answer 4

Freud’s psychosexual approach where he suggest that girls identify with their mothers because they have penis envy.

This presents femininity as failed masculinity.

Question 5

What is beta gender bias?

Answer 5

• a bias where the differences between males and females are minimised
• this means one gender’s view is considered and are used to explain the other

usually it’s the male view that is considered

Question 6

What is an example of beta gender bias?

Answer 6

The fight or flight response supposedly only considers how men respond to stressful situations.

However, according to Taylor et al, that is not the case and women follow a ‘tend and befriend’ response instead.