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Gender Bias
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Gender Bias
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Research and Bias
Participants for research should be selected in a non-biased way. Many, early, psychological studies used a largely male populated group of participants which therefore demonstrated bias within the findings. this, therefore, produced Beta bias.
Researchers can sometimes unconsciously treat male and female participants differently during a study. To avoid this, they should make sure that male and female participants are spoken to in the same manner. If participants are treated differently, the researchers will be introducing extraneous variables that may produce a false gender difference in the results that isn't really there.
When a research question is first proposed and an aim is formed, psychologists need to be careful that they are not unconsciously including any gender stereotypes.
Researchers should be aware that gender stereotypes can affect their expectations about the outcomes of research. These expectations can affect the results that they record or the way that they interpret their results.
Theories of Gender Bias
Asch's research into conformity was androcentric as he used a male-only sample, meaning that his results couldn't be generalised to women.
Bem's theory of psychological androgyny is a Beta biased theory. Her theory centre on the idea that most psychologically healthy men and women can choose which personality traits they want to have, regardless of whether they're typically masculine or feminine qualities.
Freud's theories usually described male behavior as the norm, explaining female behavior as anything which differed from the norm.
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