Gender Bias
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- Created on: 01-04-19 20:27
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- Gender Bias
- Universality
- Research may not accurately represent the experience and behavior of men and women
- Psychologists have beliefs and values influenced by social and historical contexts
- May be difficult to discover facts which are objective, value-free and consistent across different times and cultures
- Beta Bias
- Minimises differences
- Ignoring/underestimating differences between men and women often occur when female participants are not included in the research process and it is assumed that research findings apply equally to both sexes
- Fight or flight response
- An example of beta bias is the flight or fight response.
- Early research was based on male animas. The fight or flight response was assumed to be universal response to a threatening situation
- Taylor et al suggest female biology has evolved to inhibit the fight or flight response shifting attention towards care of offspring and forming defensive network with other females
- Androcentrism
- Research involving all male samples has led to female behavior being misunderstood
- Alpha Bias
- Exaggerates the differences between males and females
- Heightens the value of women but devalue females in relation to males
- Socialbiological theory if relationship formation
- Males interest to try and impregnate as many women as possible to increase his chances of his genes being passed on
- Females best chance to persevere her genes is to ensure the survival of her offspring
- Sexual prosmicuity in males is naturally selected and genetically determined but females who engage in the same behavior are seen as going against their 'nature'
- Exaggerates the differences between males and females
- Evaluation
- Gender bias in psychologicalresearch
- Creating misleading assumptions about female behavior and validate discriminatory practices
- Understanding leads to reflexivity
- Researchers recognize the value of their work and they embrace bias as an important aspect
- Promotes sexism in the work place
- Lack of women at senior research level means female concerns may not be reflected in research questions asked
- Gender bias in psychologicalresearch
- Universality
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