gender bias DONT DO

Question 1

aim of gender bias

Answer 1

universality- create explanations which apply to all people regardless of differences in experience or cultural background

Question 2

gender bias meaning

Answer 2

different treatment and/or representations of males and females which are based on stereotypes (usually can impact women negatively)

Question 3

androcentrism + gynocentrism meaning

Answer 3

A-Theories focused on males and are judged normal by male standards which are then generalised to women
G- theories focused on females judged normal by female standards and then generalise to men

Question 4

alpha bias and what it leads to

Answer 4

-theories which exaggerate differences between males and females, which leads to misrepresentation and devaluation of women compared to men, for example, in the psychosexual stages specifically the phallic stage, boys will have a strong superego whereas women will have a low superego so they are seen as inferior

Question 5

beta bias and what it leads to

Answer 5

• Theories which ignore/minimise sex differences which leads to the assumption of male findings being applied equally to females, for example fight or Flight was done only on male animals so it is doesnt show what female animals would do- Taylor said women behave in a tend/befriend response because women produce more oxytocin