Zimbardo, Milgram and Asch focused on men and ignored differences between genders so researched suffered from androcentric bias and beta bias
Androcentrism doesn't mean study has androcentric bias, only biased if researcher generalises conclusions to women when study focuses on men
when research lacks validity/reliability because it focuses on male participants, it suffers from androcentric bias
When researchers suffer from androcentric bias, reach invalid conclusions, provides inaccurate and misleading picture of female behaviour.
psychology androcentric, as researchers more interested in learning about male behaviour, not female behaviour, so inaccuracies of female behaviour remain unchallenged
Explain why a history of androcentrism in psychological research is a problem today.
led to psychologists displaying androcentric bias in research by having a focus on just men’s behaviours. Higher likelihood of invalid conclusions about behaviour of women, leaving unhelpful or inaccurate ideas of women being unchallenged.
DEFINITION
being centred on or dominated by males and the male viewpoint. can be conscious or unconscious.
due to androcentrism women under-diagnosed for autismcompared to men as under studied and hide effects better than men, for every 10 men diagnosed with autism only 1 woman diagnosed
