Issues & Debates: Gender Bias

Question 1

Universality

Answer 1

Conclusions drawn can be applied to everyone, everywhere regardless of culture and time

Question 2

What is Androcentrism?

Answer 2

• Male-centred
• normal behaviour judjed according to male standard
• female behavior often regarded as abnormal or deficient by comparison
• gynocentric

Question 3

Alpha Bias

Answer 3

Exaggerates/ over-emphasises the difference between men and women
devalues one gender
Freud Oedipus Complex

Question 4

Beta Bias

Answer 4

Ignores/ minimises differences between men and women

fight or flight responses

Question 5

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Case study example of Alpha Bias

Answer 5

• Psychodynamic Approacch
• girls don’t suffer same oedipus conflict as boys so don’t identify with mothers as strongly
• so weaker superegos developed

Question 6

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Case study example of Beta Bias

Answer 6

• Asch, study on conformity
• only male participants
• assumed conformity same for both genders