issues of gender bias in psych
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- Created on: 15-03-16 14:12
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- issues of gender bias in psych
- gender bias: distortion in attitudes and beliefs based on our prejudices or pre-existing ideas concerning gender
- bias broken down into 2 subtypes
- Alpha bias
- exaggerate the differences between men and women
- likely that published literature exaggerates the extent of gender differences in behaviour
- Freud: assumed male behaviour was the standard for all behaviour, female behaviour is then a deviation
- genders were emphasised in he oedipus complex
- Beta bias
- differences between men and women are minimised or ignored
- males and females are often used as participants in the same experiment, typically no attempt to analyse data to see if there are any significant sex differences
- androcentric bias
- bias in favour of males
- where males are seen as the norm. focused on mens behaviours and experiences
- linked to beta bias
- Alpha bias
- overcoming gender bias ( worell and remer 1992)
- 1. gender free: view men and women in similar physiological make-up
- 2. flexible: use ideas that can apply to individuals or groups of any age, race, gender or sexual orientation
- 3. interactionist: recognise multiple influences on persons behaviour
- 4. lifespan: assume behaviour can change at anytime rather at specific times
- Wilkinson 1991: argued theories often exclude women. comparing women to male norms.
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