issues and ethical debates

Question 1

how many types of gender bias are there

Answer 1

2

Question 2

what are the 2 type of gender bias

Answer 2

alpha bias and beta bias

Question 3

alpha bias

Answer 3

when differences between genders are overexaggerated

Question 4

beta bias

Answer 4

difference between males and females are minimalised or ignored

Question 5

what does bias mean

Answer 5

showing favouritism to one group

Question 6

gender bias

Answer 6

showing favouritism towards or prejudice against a particular gender

Question 7

what is it called when theories are centered on or dominated by males. normal behaviour is judged according to males standard and females behaviour are often judged as abnormal

Answer 7

androcentrism

Question 8

androcentrism

Answer 8

theories are centered on or dominated by males. normal behaviour is judged according to males standard and females behaviour are often judged as abnormal

Question 9

alpha + beta bias are consequences of

Answer 9

androcentrism

Question 10

strengths of gender bias

Answer 10

strength of gender bias in psychological research is that it allows researchers to propose solution to the problem.
e.g. some psychologists attempt to develop theories that emphasises the importance and value of women rather than belittle them.. This is supported by cornwell et al who noted that females are better learning as they were more attentive and organised. This types of research help gender stereotypes.

Question 11

limitations of gender bias

Answer 11

1) it could create misleading assuimption as maccoby and jacklin has found that girls had better verbal abilities and boys had spatial abilities and these where are innate.
however joel et al carried our brain structure and found no difference in brain structure. Therefore we must be careful in assuming research findings biological facts when they be better explained at social stereotypes

Question 12

cultural bias definition

Answer 12

tendency to judge ppl interms of one’s own problem

Question 13

definition of ethnocentrism

Answer 13

seeing the world only from one’s own culture perspective is both normal and correct

Question 14

emic approach

Answer 14

function from within a certain culture and identifies behaviour that are specific to that culture

Question 15

etic approach

Answer 15

looks at behaviour from outside of a given culture