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issues and debates
gender bias
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alpha bias
- differences are
exaggerated
beta bias
- differences are
ignored
or
minimised
androcentric
research -
males
are viewed as being the
centre
of
culture
endrocentrism
-
female
behaviour is viewed as the
norm
research design
can make gender bias more likely - and conclude with
biased
results
when a
research question
is proposed psychologists need to be
careful
to
not
include any
gender sterotypes
gender bias
can
be created as a result of
publication bias
freuds theories
- described
male behaviour
as the
norm
- argued that women are inferior and suffer from penis envy - alphas bias
asch
- research was
androcentric
- used a
male
only sample - assumed that conformity rates would also apply to women - beta bias
example of
beta
bias is the
fight
or
flight
response - assumed men and women
respond
the
same
way
taylor
- females adopt a
tend
and
befriend
response in
stressful
situations
fight of flight research is
androcentric
- based
exlusively
on
males
but is applied to
men
and
women