Paper Issues and Debates Flashcards
What is gender bias
The differential treatment and/or representation of males and females, based on stereotypes and not on real differences
What is alpha bias
An alpha bias refers to theories that exaggerate the differences between males and females
What is beta bias
A beta bias refers to theories that ignore or minimise sex differences. These theories often assume that the findings from studies using males can be applied as equally to females.
What is androcentrism
Theories that are centred on, or focused on males
What is culture
Culture can be defined as the values believes in patterns of behaviour shared by a group of people
What is culture bias
Cultural bias is the tendency to judge people in terms of one’s own cultural assumptions
What is ethnocentrism
Seeing the world only from one’s own cultural perspective, and believing that this one perspective, this both Normal and correct
What is culture relativism
Insist that behaviour can be a properly understood only if the cultural context is taken into consideration
What is universality
When is Fury is described as universal it means that it can be applied to all people, irrespective of gender and culture
What is biological determinism?
Biological determinism refers to the idea that all human behaviour is innate and determined by genes
What is determinism
Determinism is the view that free will is an illusion and that our behaviour is governed by internal or external factors over which we have no control
What is environmental determinism?
Environmental determinism is the view that behaviour is determined or caused by forces outside the individual. Environmental determinism posits that our behaviour is caused by previous experience learned through classical and operant conditioning
What is free will
Free will is the idea that we complete an active role and have choice in how we behave. The assumption is that individuals are free to choose their behaviour and are self determined.
What is psychic determinism
Psychic determinism claims that human behaviour is the result of childhood experiences, and innate drives
What is hard determinism?
Hard determinism is the view that forces outside of our control, shape or behaviour (E.G.biology or part experiences)
