Gender + Culture: Key Terms

Question 1

What are the nine different key terms?

Answer 1

1. Universality
2. Bias
3. Gender Bias
4. Androcentrism
5. Alpha Bias
6. Beta Bias
7. Cultural Bias
8. Enthrocentrism
9. Cultural Relativism

Question 2

What does the term “universality” mean?

Answer 2

The concept that psychological principles or findings apply to all people, regardless of gender and culture

Question 3

What does the term “bias” mean?

Answer 3

Systematic distortion in research due to various factors, such as gender or cultural perspective

Question 4

What does the term “gender bias” mean?

Answer 4

The tendency to favour one gender over another in research or theory

Question 5

What does the term “androcentrism” mean?

Answer 5

The practice of placing male experiences at the centre of psychological research, often leading to the marginalisation of female perspectives

Question 6

What does the term “alpha bias” mean?

Answer 6

When the difference between genders is exaggerated, often leading to stereotypes and inequalities

Question 7

What does the term “beta bias” mean?

Answer 7

When differences between genders are minimised or ignored, leading to assumptions that findings apply to both genders equally

Question 8

What does the term “cultural bias” mean?

Answer 8

The tendency of others to interpret and evaluate phenomena based on one’s own cultural norms

Question 9

What does the term “ethnocentrism” mean?

Answer 9

The viewing of one’s own culture as the standard and judging other cultures against it, often leading to negative evaluations of other cultures

Question 10

What does the term “cultural relativism” mean?

Answer 10

The principle that psychological practices and theories should be understood within the cultural context in which they occur, without imposing external standards