Gender bias - Issues and debates
- Created by: Georgia
- Created on: 03-03-19 13:40
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- Gender bias in psychology (4.3.1.1)
- Universality All research applies equally to both genders
- Androcentrism Men's behaviour is the norm; women's behaviour is atypical
- Research Tavris (1993) Most cultures take male behaviour as standard, women make the decision to behave the same or differently
- Evaluation DSM-III-R Masochistic personality developed; self-sacrifice, martyr behaviours; female-associated and so pathologises women
- Alpha bias Exaggerating and overestimating differences between the genders
- Example Freud's theory of moral development; women have weaker moral code and don't fully develop superego; suggests liable to immoral behaviour
- Example Socio-biological theory; men go for youth and beauty, women go for wealth and status; suggests over-emphasised differences
- Example Freud's theory of moral development; women have weaker moral code and don't fully develop superego; suggests liable to immoral behaviour
- Beta bias Ignores and minimises differences between the genders
- Example Lee and Harley (2012) Established "tend and befriend" for women; suggests that original "fight or flight" response theory was beta biased
- Implications
- Creates misleading assumptions about women's behaviour
- Fails to challenge discriminatory practices (some say it is scientific justification to deny women working opportunities)
- Male psychologists tend to get their work published
- Research Denmark (1988) Psychological research may aid institutional sexism; not much female inclusion
- Creates misleading assumptions about women's behaviour
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