Issues and Debates Flashcards
1
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Variation
A
-Variation in culture and gender in relationships
2
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Variation by culture
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- Romantic vs arranged
- Importance of physical attractiveness
- The importance of love in a marriage
3
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Monogamy
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-One partner
4
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Polygamy
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-Multiple partners
5
Q
Polygyny
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-A man with multiple wives
6
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Polyandry
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-A women with multiple husbands
7
Q
What percentage of culture take up polygynous marriages?
A
30%
8
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What percentage of marriages world wide are arranged?
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50%
9
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Samples and researchers
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- 64% of researchers are from the US
- WEIRD (western, educated, industrialised, rich, democratic)
- In many textbooks more than 90% of pps are American
10
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WEIRD
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-Extremely unrepresentative
11
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Other issues
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- Translating materials; not all languages have direct translations
- Culture Bias; making assumptions about other cultures
12
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Alpha Bias
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- Assumes that there are real and enduring differences between males and females
- Can lead to an exaggeration of difference
- It can also be linked to the assumptions about the superiority of male behaviour
13
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Beta Bias
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- Ignores or minimises real differences
- Exaggerates similarities between males and females
- This can be done on the bases of little research
- This can be a source of weakness in a theory; e.i. the inability to explain the genuine differences
14
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Adrocentrism
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- Taking male thinking as the normal behaviour
- Regarding female thinking as irrelevant and abnormal
15
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Estrocentrism
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- Taking female thinking as the normal behaviour
- Regarding male thinking as irrelevant and abnormal
