Sexism in psychology Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

AQA A level Psychology - Paper 3 topics Exam Questions and Answers Gender bias - Answer-Psychologists seek universality but bias may be inevitable (social historical contexts) Gender bias: psychological theory/research not accurately represent experience/behaviour of men + women Alpha bias: differences exaggerated, devalue women E.g. Freud = genuine psychological differences due to physiological differences Girls suffer from 'penis envy', femininity is failed masculinity Beta bias: di...

First Wave Women's Movement correct answers (late 1800s to early 1900s) Goal - open up opportunities for women - focus on women's suffrage First formal demand of the first wave correct answers Seneca Falls Convention on Women's Rights - demanded that rights of women be acknowledged and respected by society The 19th amendment... correct answers granted women the right to vote - passed on June 4th 1919 and ratified on August 18th 1920 Second Wave Women's Movement correct answers Goal...

AQA Psychology A Level Issues and Debates Exam Questions and Answers 2024 Universality - Answer-Any underlying characteristic of human beings that is capable of being applied to all Ekman (1989) - Answer-Argued that facial expressions are an example of universality Gender Bias - Answer-When one gender is treated in a different way from another Androcentrism - Answer-When 'normal' behaviour is judged according to a male standard and so anything which deviates from this is seen as 'abnor...

TEST BANK FOR THE WORLD OF PSYCHOLOGY, 8TH CANADIAN EDITION, SAMUEL E. WOOD, ELLEN GREEN WOOD, DENISE BOYD, EILEEN WOOD, SERGE DESMARAIS Chapter 1: Introduction Test Bank Multiple Choice 1. The term “gender” refers to ______. A. the culturally imposed roles of males and females B. the state of being male, female, both male and female, or neither male nor female C. social construction D. biological aspects of masculinity and femininity Ans: B Learning Objec...

AQA Psychology A Level Issues and Debates Exam Questions and Answers 2024 Universality - Answer-Any underlying characteristic of human beings that is capable of being applied to all Ekman (1989) - Answer-Argued that facial expressions are an example of universality Gender Bias - Answer-When one gender is treated in a different way from another Androcentrism - Answer-When 'normal' behaviour is judged according to a male standard and so anything which deviates from this is seen as 'abnor...

AQA A level Psychology - Paper 3 topics Exam Questions and Answers Gender bias - Answer-Psychologists seek universality but bias may be inevitable (social historical contexts) Gender bias: psychological theory/research not accurately represent experience/behaviour of men + women Alpha bias: differences exaggerated, devalue women E.g. Freud = genuine psychological differences due to physiological differences Girls suffer from 'penis envy', femininity is failed masculinity Beta bias: di...

Exam (elaborations) TEST BANK FOR Womens Gynecologic Health 3rd Editio Gynecologic Health Care: With an Introduction to Prenatal and Postpartum Care, ISBN: 2347 MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions. 1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text? a. A person’s sex b. A person’s sex as defined by society c. A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman d. A person’s biologica...

Transformations: Women, Gender and Psychology, 3e (Crawford) Chapter 1 Paving the Way 1) Psychologists began to realize that most psychological knowledge about women and gender was ________. A) created by men B) anti-woman C) male-centered D) misogynistic 2) In the mid-1800s in the U.S., a First Wave feminist movement emerged. It reached its peak with the ________, then lost momentum in the ________. A) Seneca Falls Declaration of 1848; 1920s after women won the vote B) Rochester D...

TEST BANK FOR Womens Gynecologic Health 3rd Edition By Schuiling and Likis CHAPTER 1 QUESTIONS MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS Select the one correct answer to each of the following questions. 1. Which of the following best defines the term “gender” as used in this text? a. A person’s sex b. A person’s sex as defined by society c. A societal response to a person’s self-representation as a man or woman d. A person’s biological presentation as defined by himself or herself 2. Which facto...

AQA Psychology A Level Issues and Debates Exam Questions and Answers 2024 Universality - Answer-Any underlying characteristic of human beings that is capable of being applied to all Ekman (1989) - Answer-Argued that facial expressions are an example of universality Gender Bias - Answer-When one gender is treated in a different way from another Androcentrism - Answer-When 'normal' behaviour is judged according to a male standard and so anything which deviates from this is seen as 'abnor...