Gender & Culture in Psychology (OCR A-Level Psychology): Flashcards
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Gender bias
Gender bias
Misrepresenting differences between men and women
Alpha bias
Alpha bias
Exaggerating differences between men and women
Beta bias
Beta bias
Minimising differences between men and women
Androcentrism
Androcentrism
Theories/studies focusing on male perspective
Androcentric bias
Androcentric bias
Male-focused research generalised to other genders (lacks validity)
Cultural bias
Cultural bias
Misrepresenting differences between cultures
Ethnocentrism
Ethnocentrism
Interpreting behaviour from own cultural perspective
Ethnocentric bias
Ethnocentric bias
One culture research generalised to others (lacks validity)
Cultural relativism
Cultural relativism
Understanding behaviour from person's own culture
Universality in psychology
Universality in psychology
Theory of behaviour that applies to everyone
Fight or flight bias type
Fight or flight bias type
Androcentric beta bias - minimises women's response
Freud's theory bias type
Freud's theory bias type
Androcentric alpha bias - exaggerates differences
Ethnocentrism consequence
Ethnocentrism consequence
Decreases validity & leads to harmful stereotypes
Cultural relativism benefit
Cultural relativism benefit
Prevents ethnocentric bias & values cultures equally
Cross-cultural research purpose
Cross-cultural research purpose
Tests theories across cultures, increases external validity