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Issues and Debates Gender Bias Alpha Bias refers to the exaggeration of the differences between men and women. Alpha bias usually makes one gender, (men) ,seem better than the other (women), which suggests the devaluation of women. One example is sociobiological theory, suggesting how men want to impregnate as many women as possible to pass on their genes, but for women the only chance to pass on their genes is to provide care for the offspring. It also suggests how men have unlimited sources of sperm, but women have limited sources of eggs. Therefore, the theory excuses men's behaviour as being 'promiscuous' but doesn't excuse women behaviour, which shows an exaggeration between sexes. Beta Bias refers to the minimization of the differences between men and women. In most cases women are not included in psychological research and men's results are generalised to them automatically. One example is the fight or flight response that suggests how new studies on women's fight or flight response shows caring for the offspring (tending) and forming defensive networks with other females (befriending). Androcentrism is a consequence of beta bias and refers to the idea that male thinking and behaviour is 'normal', whilst female thinking and behaviour is 'abnormal'. This is because almost all research in psychology involves men participants. One example is...
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post-menstrual syndrome (PMS) explains female anger through hormonal changes whereas for men, anger is a normal response to external pressure. Evaluation 1. Feminist Psychology: Women should take part in real-life experiments and genuinely participate in researches rather than being an object of the study. This means engaging in dialogues, qualitative data rather than quantitative. Researchers should examine the difference between women rather than the difference between men and women. 2. Reflexivity: Women have a different set of moral values than men. Research suggests how different moral values it's not a bad thing, it should just be considered as different. This is important because it allows researchers to acknowledge difference in genders without discrimination or sexism. 3. Sexism working research process: Men are more likely to have their work published in gender bias than women.
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Issues and Debates Gender Bias Alpha Bias refers to the exaggeration of the differences between men and women. Alpha bias usually makes one gender, (men) ,seem better than the other (women), which suggests the devaluation of women. One example is sociobiological theory, suggesting how men want to impregnate as many women as possible to pass on their genes, but for women the only chance to pass on their genes is to provide care for the offspring. It also suggests how men have unlimited sources of sperm, but women have limited sources of eggs. Therefore, the theory excuses men's behaviour as being 'promiscuous' but doesn't excuse women behaviour, which shows an exaggeration between sexes. Beta Bias refers to the minimization of the differences between men and women. In most cases women are not included in psychological research and men's results are generalised to them automatically. One example is the fight or flight response that suggests how new studies on women's fight or flight response shows caring for the offspring (tending) and forming defensive networks with other females (befriending). Androcentrism is a consequence of beta bias and refers to the idea that male thinking and behaviour is 'normal', whilst female thinking and behaviour is 'abnormal'. This is because almost all research in psychology involves men participants. One example is...
Issues and Debates Gender Bias Alpha Bias refers to the exaggeration of the differences between men and women. Alpha bias usually makes one gender, (men) ,seem better than the other (women), which suggests the devaluation of women. One example is sociobiological theory, suggesting how men want to impregnate as many women as possible to pass on their genes, but for women the only chance to pass on their genes is to provide care for the offspring. It also suggests how men have unlimited sources of sperm, but women have limited sources of eggs. Therefore, the theory excuses men's behaviour as being 'promiscuous' but doesn't excuse women behaviour, which shows an exaggeration between sexes. Beta Bias refers to the minimization of the differences between men and women. In most cases women are not included in psychological research and men's results are generalised to them automatically. One example is the fight or flight response that suggests how new studies on women's fight or flight response shows caring for the offspring (tending) and forming defensive networks with other females (befriending). Androcentrism is a consequence of beta bias and refers to the idea that male thinking and behaviour is 'normal', whilst female thinking and behaviour is 'abnormal'. This is because almost all research in psychology involves men participants. One example is...
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Alternative transcript:
post-menstrual syndrome (PMS) explains female anger through hormonal changes whereas for men, anger is a normal response to external pressure. Evaluation 1. Feminist Psychology: Women should take part in real-life experiments and genuinely participate in researches rather than being an object of the study. This means engaging in dialogues, qualitative data rather than quantitative. Researchers should examine the difference between women rather than the difference between men and women. 2. Reflexivity: Women have a different set of moral values than men. Research suggests how different moral values it's not a bad thing, it should just be considered as different. This is important because it allows researchers to acknowledge difference in genders without discrimination or sexism. 3. Sexism working research process: Men are more likely to have their work published in gender bias than women.