PSYCHOLOGY
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, because psychologists' beliefs
and values are influenced by
why may bias social and historical context,
be inevitable yet psychology claims to have
in research universality in its findings (they
can be applied to anyone,
anywhere)
what are the gender and cultural bias
two types of
bias in issues
and debates
the idea that research or a
theory may offer a view that
what is
does not justifiably represent
gender bias
the experience and behaviour
of men or (usually) women
what are the alpha bias, beta bias and
main andocentrism
components
of gender
bias
what are the alpha and beta bias
two types of
gender bias
, exaggerates differences
between sexes (e.g. Freud said
what is alpha
women were morally inferior
bias
because they had a less
developed superego)
minimises differences between
the sexes (often occurs when
women are not included in
research), assuming that
finding apply equally to both
what is beta
genders (e.g. Kohlberg's
bias
theory of moral development
was based on an all male
sample, so his vignettes were
orientated towards violence
rather than dialogue)
when 'normal' behaviour is
judged according to a male
standard, so female behaviour
may be misunderstood
pathologised (e.g. feminist
what is
commentators say that pre-
androcentris
menstrual syndrome, PMS, is a
m
social construct that
medicalises female emotions
while male anger is often seen
as a rational response to
external pressures)
recognising bias but
evaluate contributes to stereotypes,
gender bias institutional sexism, Worrell's
criteria to avoid gender bias