NCEA LEVEL 3 PSYCHOLOGY EXAM
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Gender Bias - ANSWER-Stereotypical views and differential treatment of males and
females, often favoring one gender over the other.
Alpha Bias - ANSWER-theories that emphasize the differences between women and
men
Beta bias - ANSWER-Theories that ignore or minimize differences between the sexes
Androcentrism - ANSWER-Male centered; the belief that the male is the norm
solutions to gender bias - ANSWER-study women in real-life context: comparison of
women's pay to men's across jobs
view women as normal, as opposed to deviants: stop androcentric views in mainstream
psychology, normalize women and men acting the same
focus on women's concerns: female narrative, instead of stereotypes
limitations of studying women in real life context - ANSWER-studying women in real life
context isn't truly accurate because you need more than one sample size per context,
and nobody has lived equal lives and therefore have different contexts that don't apply
to everyone
Freud 1933 - ANSWER-'Oedipal Complex' female superego is weaker than the male
superego, females desire to be superior like their male counterparts
Alpha Bias
Wilson 1975 - ANSWER-need to reproduce requires men to be more promiscuous.
Women need to nurture one child and stay faithful to ensure upbringing.
the sociobiological idea of dirty women and praised men
Alpha Bias
Kohlberg 1973 - ANSWER-male moral dilemmas apply equally to women
beta bias
limitations of viewing women as normal - ANSWER-The majority of society may view
women as normal, however there will always be some people that protest against this,
you are unable to convince everyone
limitations of women's concern focus - ANSWER-draws attention away from men's
concerns instead of it becoming equal, women's views may contradict each other
WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Gender Bias - ANSWER-Stereotypical views and differential treatment of males and
females, often favoring one gender over the other.
Alpha Bias - ANSWER-theories that emphasize the differences between women and
men
Beta bias - ANSWER-Theories that ignore or minimize differences between the sexes
Androcentrism - ANSWER-Male centered; the belief that the male is the norm
solutions to gender bias - ANSWER-study women in real-life context: comparison of
women's pay to men's across jobs
view women as normal, as opposed to deviants: stop androcentric views in mainstream
psychology, normalize women and men acting the same
focus on women's concerns: female narrative, instead of stereotypes
limitations of studying women in real life context - ANSWER-studying women in real life
context isn't truly accurate because you need more than one sample size per context,
and nobody has lived equal lives and therefore have different contexts that don't apply
to everyone
Freud 1933 - ANSWER-'Oedipal Complex' female superego is weaker than the male
superego, females desire to be superior like their male counterparts
Alpha Bias
Wilson 1975 - ANSWER-need to reproduce requires men to be more promiscuous.
Women need to nurture one child and stay faithful to ensure upbringing.
the sociobiological idea of dirty women and praised men
Alpha Bias
Kohlberg 1973 - ANSWER-male moral dilemmas apply equally to women
beta bias
limitations of viewing women as normal - ANSWER-The majority of society may view
women as normal, however there will always be some people that protest against this,
you are unable to convince everyone
limitations of women's concern focus - ANSWER-draws attention away from men's
concerns instead of it becoming equal, women's views may contradict each other
